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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT
ON SENATE BILL 1
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To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House
of Representatives:
We, the conference committee appointed to consider the
differences between the houses in relation to House Amendments
Nos. 1 and 3 to Senate Bill 1, recommend the following:
(1) that the House recede from House Amendments Nos. 1 and
3; and
(2) that Senate Bill 1 be amended by replacing everything
after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 1. Legislative statement.
At the time of passage of this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly, Illinois has both atypically large debts and
structural budgetary imbalances that will, unless addressed by
the General Assembly, lead to even greater and rapidly growing
debts and deficits. Already, Illinois has the lowest credit
rating of any state, and it faces the prospect of future credit
downgrades that will further increase the high cost of
borrowing.
The State has taken significant action to address these
fiscal troubles, including, but not limited to, increasing the
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income tax and reducing pension benefits for future employees.
Further, the State has enacted a series of budgets over the
last several fiscal years that resulted in deep cuts to
important discretionary programs that are essential to the
people of Illinois.
At the time of passage of this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly, the State's retirement systems have unfunded
actuarially accrued liabilities of approximately $100 billion.
Meanwhile, the State's annual pension contribution has
substantially increased in recent years, and will continue to
increase in coming years. The General Assembly recognizes that
without significant pension reform, the unfunded liability and
the State's pension contribution will continue to grow, and
further burden the fiscal stability of both the State and its
retirement systems.
This amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly is
intended to address the fiscal issues facing the State and its
retirement systems in a manner that is feasible, consistent
with the Illinois Constitution, and advantageous to both the
taxpayers and employees impacted by these changes. Having
considered other alternatives that would not involve changes to
the retirement systems, the General Assembly has determined
that the fiscal problems facing the State and its retirement
systems cannot be solved without making some changes to the
structure of the retirement systems. As a result, this
amendatory Act requires more fiscal responsibility of the
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State, while minimizing the impact on current and retired State
employees.
Going forward, the automatic annual increase in retirement
annuity will be based on a participant's years of service to
the State and inflation, which more accurately reflects changes
in the cost of living. For participants who have yet to receive
an annuity, a pensionable salary cap will be imposed; however,
it will only impact future salary increases that exceed a cap.
Those workers 45 years of age and younger will be required to
work an additional 4 months for each year under 46, which
results in a minimal increase in retirement age given that the
life expectancy for a 45 year old is 87 years of age. Current
employees will receive a 1% reduction in required employee
contributions. With these changes, the State can adopt an
actuarially sound funding formula that will result in the
pension systems achieving 100% funding no later than 2044. The
State will also make additional contributions that will
considerably aid in reducing the unfunded actuarially accrued
liability.
The General Assembly finds that this amendatory Act of the
98th General Assembly will lead to fiscal stability for the
State and its pension systems.
Section 3. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is
amended by changing Sections 4 and 15 and adding Section 7.5 as
follows:
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(5 ILCS 315/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 1604)
Sec. 4. Management Rights. Employers shall not be
required to bargain over matters of inherent managerial policy,
which shall include such areas of discretion or policy as the
functions of the employer, standards of services, its overall
budget, the organizational structure and selection of new
employees, examination techniques and direction of employees.
Employers, however, shall be required to bargain collectively
with regard to policy matters directly affecting wages, hours
and terms and conditions of employment as well as the impact
thereon upon request by employee representatives, except as
provided in Section 7.5.
To preserve the rights of employers and exclusive
representatives which have established collective bargaining
relationships or negotiated collective bargaining agreements
prior to the effective date of this Act, employers shall be
required to bargain collectively with regard to any matter
concerning wages, hours or conditions of employment about which
they have bargained for and agreed to in a collective
bargaining agreement prior to the effective date of this Act,
except as provided in Section 7.5.
The chief judge of the judicial circuit that employs a
public employee who is a court reporter, as defined in the
Court Reporters Act, has the authority to hire, appoint,
promote, evaluate, discipline, and discharge court reporters
within that judicial circuit.
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Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly
shall be construed to intrude upon the judicial functions of
any court. This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly
applies only to nonjudicial administrative matters relating to
the collective bargaining rights of court reporters.
(Source: P.A. 94-98, eff. 7-1-05.)
(5 ILCS 315/7.5 new)
Sec. 7.5. Duty to bargain regarding pension amendments.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, employers
shall not be required to bargain over matters affected by the
changes, the impact of changes, and the implementation of
changes made to Article 14, 15, or 16 of the Illinois Pension
Code, or Article 1 of that Code as it applies to those
Articles, made by this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly, or over any other provision of Article 14, 15, or 16
of the Illinois Pension Code, or of Article 1 of that Code as
it applies to those Articles, which are prohibited subjects of
bargaining; nor shall the changes, the impact of changes, or
the implementation of changes made to Article 14, 15, or 16 of
the Illinois Pension Code, or to Article 1 of that Code as it
applies to those Articles, by this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly or any other provision of Article 14, 15, or
16 of the Illinois Pension Code, or of Article 1 of that Code
as it applies to those Articles, be subject to interest
arbitration or any award issued pursuant to interest
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arbitration. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to
an employment contract or collective bargaining agreement that
is in effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 98th General Assembly. However, any such contract or
agreement that is subsequently modified, amended, or renewed
shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. The
provisions of this Section shall also not apply to the ability
of an employer and employee representative to bargain
collectively with regard to the pick up of employee
contributions pursuant to Section 14-133.1, 15-157.1, or
16-152.1 of the Illinois Pension Code.
(b) Nothing in this Section, however, shall be construed as
otherwise limiting any of the obligations and requirements
applicable to each employer under any of the provisions of this
Act, including, but not limited to, the requirement to bargain
collectively with regard to policy matters directly affecting
wages, hours and terms and conditions of employment as well as
the impact thereon upon request by employee representatives,
except for the matters deemed prohibited subjects of bargaining
under subsection (a) of this Section. Nothing in this Section
shall further be construed as otherwise limiting any of the
rights of employees or employee representatives under the
provisions of this Act, except for matters deemed prohibited
subjects of bargaining under subsection (a) of this Section.
(c) In case of any conflict between this Section and any
other provisions of this Act or any other law, the provisions
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of this Section shall control.
(5 ILCS 315/15) (from Ch. 48, par. 1615)
Sec. 15. Act Takes Precedence.
(a) In case of any conflict between the provisions of this
Act and any other law (other than Section 5 of the State
Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 and other than the
changes made to the Illinois Pension Code by Public Act 96-889
and other than as provided in Section 7.5 this amendatory Act
of the 96th General Assembly), executive order or
administrative regulation relating to wages, hours and
conditions of employment and employment relations, the
provisions of this Act or any collective bargaining agreement
negotiated thereunder shall prevail and control. Nothing in
this Act shall be construed to replace or diminish the rights
of employees established by Sections 28 and 28a of the
Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, Sections 2.15 through 2.19
of the Regional Transportation Authority Act. The provisions of
this Act are subject to Section 7.5 of this Act and Section 5
of the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Nothing in
this Act shall be construed to replace the necessity of
complaints against a sworn peace officer, as defined in Section
2(a) of the Uniform Peace Officer Disciplinary Act, from having
a complaint supported by a sworn affidavit.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (a) above, any
collective bargaining contract between a public employer and a
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labor organization executed pursuant to this Act shall
supersede any contrary statutes, charters, ordinances, rules
or regulations relating to wages, hours and conditions of
employment and employment relations adopted by the public
employer or its agents. Any collective bargaining agreement
entered into prior to the effective date of this Act shall
remain in full force during its duration.
(c) It is the public policy of this State, pursuant to
paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
Illinois Constitution, that the provisions of this Act are the
exclusive exercise by the State of powers and functions which
might otherwise be exercised by home rule units. Such powers
and functions may not be exercised concurrently, either
directly or indirectly, by any unit of local government,
including any home rule unit, except as otherwise authorized by
this Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-889, eff. 1-1-11.)
Section 5. The Governor's Office of Management and Budget
Act is amended by changing Sections 7 and 8 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3005/7) (from Ch. 127, par. 417)
Sec. 7. All statements and estimates of expenditures
submitted to the Office in connection with the preparation of a
State budget, and any other estimates of expenditures,
supporting requests for appropriations, shall be formulated
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according to the various functions and activities for which the
respective department, office or institution of the State
government (including the elective officers in the executive
department and including the University of Illinois and the
judicial department) is responsible. All such statements and
estimates of expenditures relating to a particular function or
activity shall be further formulated or subject to analysis in
accordance with the following classification of objects:
(1) Personal services
(2) State contribution for employee group insurance
(3) Contractual services
(4) Travel
(5) Commodities
(6) Equipment
(7) Permanent improvements
(8) Land
(9) Electronic Data Processing
(10) Telecommunication services
(11) Operation of Automotive Equipment
(12) Contingencies
(13) Reserve
(14) Interest
(15) Awards and Grants
(16) Debt Retirement
(17) Non-cost Charges.
(18) State retirement contribution for annual normal cost
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(19) State retirement contribution for unfunded accrued
liability.
(Source: P.A. 93-25, eff. 6-20-03.)
(20 ILCS 3005/8) (from Ch. 127, par. 418)
Sec. 8. When used in connection with a State budget or
expenditure or estimate, items (1) through (16) in the
classification of objects stated in Section 7 shall have the
meanings ascribed to those items in Sections 14 through 24.7,
respectively, of the State Finance Act. "An Act in relation to
State finance", approved June 10, 1919, as amended.
When used in connection with a State budget or expenditure
or estimate, items (18) and (19) in the classification of
objects stated in Section 7 shall have the meanings ascribed to
those items in Sections 24.12 and 24.13, respectively, of the
State Finance Act.
(Source: P.A. 82-325.)
Section 7. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
Section 13 and by adding Sections 24.12 and 24.13 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/13) (from Ch. 127, par. 149)
Sec. 13. The objects and purposes for which
appropriations are made are classified and standardized by
items as follows:
(1) Personal services;
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(2) State contribution for employee group insurance;
(3) Contractual services;
(4) Travel;
(5) Commodities;
(6) Equipment;
(7) Permanent improvements;
(8) Land;
(9) Electronic Data Processing;
(10) Operation of automotive equipment;
(11) Telecommunications services;
(12) Contingencies;
(13) Reserve;
(14) Interest;
(15) Awards and Grants;
(16) Debt Retirement;
(17) Non-Cost Charges;
(18) State retirement contribution for annual normal cost;
(19) State retirement contribution for unfunded accrued
liability;
(20) (18) Purchase Contract for Real Estate.
When an appropriation is made to an officer, department,
institution, board, commission or other agency, or to a private
association or corporation, in one or more of the items above
specified, such appropriation shall be construed in accordance
with the definitions and limitations specified in this Act,
unless the appropriation act otherwise provides.
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An appropriation for a purpose other than one specified and
defined in this Act may be made only as an additional, separate
and distinct item, specifically stating the object and purpose
thereof.
(Source: P.A. 84-263; 84-264.)
(30 ILCS 105/24.12 new)
Sec. 24.12. "State retirement contribution for annual
normal cost" defined. The term "State retirement contribution
for annual normal cost" means the portion of the total required
State contribution to a retirement system for a fiscal year
that represents the State's portion of the System's projected
normal cost for that fiscal year, as determined and certified
by the board of trustees of the retirement system in
conformance with the applicable provisions of the Illinois
Pension Code.
(30 ILCS 105/24.13 new)
Sec. 24.13. "State retirement contribution for unfunded
accrued liability" defined. The term "State retirement
contribution for unfunded accrued liability" means the portion
of the total required State contribution to a retirement system
for a fiscal year that is not included in the State retirement
contribution for annual normal cost.
Section 10. The Budget Stabilization Act is amended by
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changing Sections 20 and 25 as follows:
(30 ILCS 122/20)
Sec. 20. Pension Stabilization Fund.
(a) The Pension Stabilization Fund is hereby created as a
special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be
used for the sole purpose of making payments to the designated
retirement systems as provided in Section 25.
(b) For each fiscal year through State fiscal year 2014,
when the General Assembly's appropriations and transfers or
diversions as required by law from general funds do not exceed
99% of the estimated general funds revenues pursuant to
subsection (a) of Section 10, the Comptroller shall transfer
from the General Revenue Fund as provided by this Section a
total amount equal to 0.5% of the estimated general funds
revenues to the Pension Stabilization Fund.
(c) For each fiscal year through State fiscal year 2014,
when the General Assembly's appropriations and transfers or
diversions as required by law from general funds do not exceed
98% of the estimated general funds revenues pursuant to
subsection (b) of Section 10, the Comptroller shall transfer
from the General Revenue Fund as provided by this Section a
total amount equal to 1.0% of the estimated general funds
revenues to the Pension Stabilization Fund.
(c-5) In addition to any other amounts required to be
transferred under this Section, in State fiscal year 2016 and
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each fiscal year thereafter through State fiscal year 2045, or
when each of the designated retirement systems, as defined in
Section 25, has achieved 100% funding, whichever occurs first,
the State Comptroller shall order transferred and the State
Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the
Pension Stabilization Fund an amount equal to 10% of (1) the
sum of the amounts certified by the designated retirement
systems under subsection (a-5) of Section 2-134, subsection
(a-10) of Section 14-135.08, subsection (a-10)_ of Section
15-165, and subsection (a-10) of Section 16-158 of this Code
for that fiscal year minus (2) the sum of (i) the transfers
required under subsection (c-10) of this Section for that
fiscal year plus (ii) the required State contributions
certified by the retirement systems under subsection (a) of
Section 2-134, subsection (a-5) of Section 14-135.08,
subsection (a-5) of Section 15-165, and subsection (a-5) of
Section 16-158 of this Code for that fiscal year. The
transferred amount is intended to represent one-tenth of the
annual savings to the State resulting from the enactment of
this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
(c-10) In State fiscal year 2019, the State Comptroller
shall order transferred and the State Treasurer shall transfer
$364,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Pension
Stabilization Fund. In State fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal
year thereafter until terminated under subsection (c-15), the
State Comptroller shall order transferred and the State
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Treasurer shall transfer $1,000,000,000 from the General
Revenue Fund to the Pension Stabilization Fund.
(c-15) The transfers made beginning in State fiscal year
2020 pursuant to subsection (c-10) of this Section shall
terminate at the end of State fiscal year 2045 or when each of
the designated retirement systems, as defined in Section 25,
has achieved 100% funding, whichever occurs first.
(d) The Comptroller shall transfer 1/12 of the total amount
to be transferred each fiscal year under this Section into the
Pension Stabilization Fund on the first day of each month of
that fiscal year or as soon thereafter as possible; except that
the final transfer of the fiscal year shall be made as soon as
practical after the August 31 following the end of the fiscal
year.
Until State fiscal year 2015, before Before the final
transfer for a fiscal year is made, the Comptroller shall
reconcile the estimated general funds revenues used in
calculating the other transfers under this Section for that
fiscal year with the actual general funds revenues for that
fiscal year. The final transfer for the fiscal year shall be
adjusted so that the total amount transferred under this
Section for that fiscal year is equal to the percentage
specified in subsection (b) or (c) of this Section, whichever
is applicable, of the actual general funds revenues for that
fiscal year. The actual general funds revenues for the fiscal
year shall be calculated in a manner consistent with subsection
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(c) of Section 10 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-839, eff. 6-6-06.)
(30 ILCS 122/25)
Sec. 25. Transfers from the Pension Stabilization Fund.
(a) As used in this Section, "designated retirement
systems" means:
(1) the State Employees' Retirement System of
Illinois;
(2) the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of
Illinois;
(3) the State Universities Retirement System;
(4) the Judges Retirement System of Illinois; and
(5) the General Assembly Retirement System.
(b) As soon as may be practical after any money is
deposited into the Pension Stabilization Fund, the State
Comptroller shall apportion the deposited amount among the
designated retirement systems and the State Comptroller and
State Treasurer shall pay the apportioned amounts to the
designated retirement systems. The amount deposited shall be
apportioned among the designated retirement systems in the same
proportion as their respective portions of the total actuarial
reserve deficiency of the designated retirement systems, as
most recently determined by the Governor's Office of Management
and Budget. Amounts received by a designated retirement system
under this Section shall be used for funding the unfunded
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liabilities of the retirement system. Payments under this
Section are authorized by the continuing appropriation under
Section 1.7 of the State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation
Act.
(c) At the request of the State Comptroller, the Governor's
Office of Management and Budget shall determine the individual
and total actuarial reserve deficiencies of the designated
retirement systems. For this purpose, the Governor's Office of
Management and Budget shall consider the latest available audit
and actuarial reports of each of the retirement systems and the
relevant reports and statistics of the Public Pension Division
of the Department of Insurance Financial and Professional
Regulation.
(d) Payments to the designated retirement systems under
this Section shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any
State contributions required under Section 2-124, 14-131,
15-155, 16-158, or 18-131 of the Illinois Pension Code.
Payments to the designated retirement systems under this
Section received after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 98th General Assembly, and any investment earnings
attributable to such payments, do not reduce and do not
constitute payment of any portion of the required State
contribution under Article 2, 14, 15, 16, or 18 of the Illinois
Pension Code in the current fiscal year. Such amounts shall not
reduce, and shall not be included in the calculation of, the
required State contribution under Article 2, 14, 15, 16, or 18
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of the Illinois Pension Code in any future fiscal year, until
the designated retirement system has reached the targeted
funding ratio as prescribed by law for that retirement system.
Such payments may be invested in the same manner as other
assets of the designated retirement system and shall be used in
the calculation of the system's funding ratio for the purposes
of this Section and Section 20 of this Act. Payments under this
Section may be used for any associated administrative costs.
(Source: P.A. 94-839, eff. 6-6-06.)
Section 15. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
changing Sections 1-103.3, 2-108, 2-108.1, 2-119, 2-119.1,
2-124, 2-125, 2-126, 2-134, 2-162, 7-109, 7-114, 7-116, 7-139,
9-219, 9-220, 14-103.10, 14-104.3, 14-106, 14-107, 14-108,
14-110, 14-114, 14-115, 14-131, 14-132, 14-133, 14-135.08,
14-152.1, 15-106, 15-107, 15-111, 15-112, 15-113.4, 15-125,
15-135, 15-136, 15-155, 15-156, 15-157, 15-165, 15-198,
16-106, 16-112, 16-121, 16-127, 16-132, 16-133, 16-133.1,
16-133.2, 16-136.1, 16-152, 16-158, 16-203, 17-116, 17-134,
20-106, 20-121, 20-123, 20-124, and 20-125 and by adding
Sections 2-105.1, 2-105.2, 2-126.5, 2-165, 2-166, 14-103.40,
14-133.5, 14-155, 14-156, 15-157.5, 15-200, 15-201, 16-106.4,
16-152.5, 16-158.2, 16-205, and 16-206 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/1-103.3)
Sec. 1-103.3. Application of 1994 amendment; funding
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standard.
(a) The provisions of Public Act 88-593 this amendatory Act
of 1994 that change the method of calculating, certifying, and
paying the required State contributions to the retirement
systems established under Articles 2, 14, 15, 16, and 18 shall
first apply to the State contributions required for State
fiscal year 1996.
(b) (Blank) The General Assembly declares that a funding
ratio (the ratio of a retirement system's total assets to its
total actuarial liabilities) of 90% is an appropriate goal for
State-funded retirement systems in Illinois, and it finds that
a funding ratio of 90% is now the generally-recognized norm
throughout the nation for public employee retirement systems
that are considered to be financially secure and funded in an
appropriate and responsible manner.
(c) Every 5 years, beginning in 1999, the Commission on
Government Forecasting and Accountability, in consultation
with the affected retirement systems and the Governor's Office
of Management and Budget (formerly Bureau of the Budget), shall
consider and determine whether the funding goals 90% funding
ratio adopted in Articles 2, 14, 15, 16, and 18 of this Code
continue subsection (b) continues to represent an appropriate
funding goals goal for those State-funded retirement systems in
Illinois, and it shall report its findings and recommendations
on this subject to the Governor and the General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 93-1067, eff. 1-15-05.)
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(40 ILCS 5/2-105.1 new)
Sec. 2-105.1. Tier 1 participant; Tier 2 participant.
"Tier 1 participant": A participant who first became a
participant before January 1, 2011.
"Tier 2 participant": A participant who first became a
participant on or after January 1, 2011.
(40 ILCS 5/2-105.2 new)
Sec. 2-105.2. Tier 1 retiree. "Tier 1 retiree" means a
former Tier 1 participant who has made the election to retire
and has terminated service.
(40 ILCS 5/2-108) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-108)
Sec. 2-108. Salary. "Salary": (1) For members of the
General Assembly, the total compensation paid to the member by
the State for one year of service, including the additional
amounts, if any, paid to the member as an officer pursuant to
Section 1 of "An Act in relation to the compensation and
emoluments of the members of the General Assembly", approved
December 6, 1907, as now or hereafter amended.
(2) For the State executive officers specified in Section
2-105, the total compensation paid to the member for one year
of service.
(3) For members of the System who are participants under
Section 2-117.1, or who are serving as Clerk or Assistant Clerk
of the House of Representatives or Secretary or Assistant
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Secretary of the Senate, the total compensation paid to the
member for one year of service, but not to exceed the salary of
the highest salaried officer of the General Assembly.
However, in the event that federal law results in any
participant receiving imputed income based on the value of
group term life insurance provided by the State, such imputed
income shall not be included in salary for the purposes of this
Article.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the
annual salary of a Tier 1 participant for the purposes of this
Code shall not exceed, for periods of service in a term of
office beginning on or after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, the greater of (i)
the annual limitation determined from time to time under
subsection (b-5) of Section 1-160 of this Code or (ii) the
annualized salary of the participant on the last day of that
participant's last term of office beginning before that
effective date.
(Source: P.A. 86-27; 86-273; 86-1028; 86-1488.)
(40 ILCS 5/2-108.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-108.1)
Sec. 2-108.1. Highest salary for annuity purposes.
(a) "Highest salary for annuity purposes" means whichever
of the following is applicable to the participant:
For a participant who first becomes a participant of this
System before August 10, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act
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96-207):
(1) For a participant who is a member of the General
Assembly on his or her last day of service: the highest
salary that is prescribed by law, on the participant's last
day of service, for a member of the General Assembly who is
not an officer; plus, if the participant was elected or
appointed to serve as an officer of the General Assembly
for 2 or more years and has made contributions as required
under subsection (d) of Section 2-126, the highest
additional amount of compensation prescribed by law, at the
time of the participant's service as an officer, for
members of the General Assembly who serve in that office.
(2) For a participant who holds one of the State
executive offices specified in Section 2-105 on his or her
last day of service: the highest salary prescribed by law
for service in that office on the participant's last day of
service.
(3) For a participant who is Clerk or Assistant Clerk
of the House of Representatives or Secretary or Assistant
Secretary of the Senate on his or her last day of service:
the salary received for service in that capacity on the
last day of service, but not to exceed the highest salary
(including additional compensation for service as an
officer) that is prescribed by law on the participant's
last day of service for the highest paid officer of the
General Assembly.
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(4) For a participant who is a continuing participant
under Section 2-117.1 on his or her last day of service:
the salary received for service in that capacity on the
last day of service, but not to exceed the highest salary
(including additional compensation for service as an
officer) that is prescribed by law on the participant's
last day of service for the highest paid officer of the
General Assembly.
For a participant who first becomes a participant of this
System on or after August 10, 2009 (the effective date of
Public Act 96-207) and before January 1, 2011 (the effective
date of Public Act 96-889), the average monthly salary obtained
by dividing the total salary of the participant during the
period of: (1) the 48 consecutive months of service within the
last 120 months of service in which the total compensation was
the highest, or (2) the total period of service, if less than
48 months, by the number of months of service in that period.
Except as otherwise provided below, for a Tier 2 For a
participant who first becomes a participant of this System on
or after January 1, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act
96-889), the average monthly salary obtained by dividing the
total salary of the participant during the 96 consecutive
months of service within the last 120 months of service in
which the total compensation was the highest by the number of
months of service in that period; however, for periods of
service in a term of office beginning on or after January 1,
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2011 and before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 98th General Assembly, the highest salary for annuity
purposes may not exceed $106,800, except that that amount shall
annually thereafter be increased by the lesser of (i) 3% of
that amount, including all previous adjustments, or (ii) the
annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not less than zero)
in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the
September preceding each November 1. "Consumer price index-u"
means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the United States Department of Labor that measures the average
change in prices of goods and services purchased by all urban
consumers, United States city average, all items, 1982-84 =
100. The new amount resulting from each annual adjustment shall
be determined by the Public Pension Division of the Department
of Insurance and made available to the Board by November 1 of
each year until there is no longer any such participant who is
in service in a term of office that began before the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, in
determining the highest salary for annuity purposes of a Tier 2
participant who is in service in a term of office beginning on
or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly, the Tier 2 participant's salary for periods
of service in a term of office beginning on or after that
effective date shall not exceed the limitation on salary
determined from time to time under subsection (b-5) of Section
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1-160 of this Code.
(b) The earnings limitations of subsection (a) apply to
earnings under any other participating system under the
Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act that are considered in
calculating a proportional annuity under this Article, except
in the case of a person who first became a member of this
System before August 22, 1994 and has not, on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
Assembly, irrevocably elected to have those limitations apply.
The limitations of subsection (a) shall apply, however, to
earnings under any other participating system under the
Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act that are considered in
calculating the proportional annuity of a person who first
became a member of this System before August 22, 1994 if, on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th
General Assembly, that member irrevocably elects to have those
limitations apply.
(c) In calculating the subsection (a) earnings limitation
to be applied to earnings under any other participating system
under the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act for the purpose of
calculating a proportional annuity under this Article, the
participant's last day of service shall be deemed to mean the
last day of service in any participating system from which the
person has applied for a proportional annuity under the
Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-207, eff. 8-10-09; 96-889, eff. 1-1-11;
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96-1490, eff. 1-1-11; 97-967, eff. 8-16-12.)
(40 ILCS 5/2-119) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-119)
Sec. 2-119. Retirement annuity - conditions for
eligibility.
(a) A participant whose service as a member is terminated,
regardless of age or cause, is entitled to a retirement annuity
beginning on the date specified by the participant in a written
application subject to the following conditions:
1. The date the annuity begins does not precede the
date of final termination of service, or is not more than
30 days before the receipt of the application by the board
in the case of annuities based on disability or one year
before the receipt of the application in the case of
annuities based on attained age;
2. The participant meets one of the following
eligibility requirements:
For a participant who first becomes a participant of
this System before January 1, 2011 (the effective date of
Public Act 96-889):
(A) He or she has attained age 55 and has at least
8 years of service credit;
(B) He or she has attained age 62 and terminated
service after July 1, 1971 with at least 4 years of
service credit; or
(C) He or she has completed 8 years of service and
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has become permanently disabled and as a consequence,
is unable to perform the duties of his or her office.
For a participant who first becomes a participant of
this System on or after January 1, 2011 (the effective date
of Public Act 96-889), he or she has attained age 67 and
has at least 8 years of service credit.
(a-1) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, for a
Tier 1 participant who begins receiving a retirement annuity
under this Section on or after July 1, 2014, the required
retirement age under subsection (a) is increased as follows,
based on the Tier 1 participant's age on June 1, 2014:
(1) If he or she is at least age 46 on June 1, 2014,
then the required retirement ages under subsection (a)
remain unchanged.
(2) If he or she is at least age 45 but less than age 46
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 4 months.
(3) If he or she is at least age 44 but less than age 45
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 8 months.
(4) If he or she is at least age 43 but less than age 44
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 12 months.
(5) If he or she is at least age 42 but less than age 43
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 16 months.
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(6) If he or she is at least age 41 but less than age 42
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 20 months.
(7) If he or she is at least age 40 but less than age 41
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 24 months.
(8) If he or she is at least age 39 but less than age 40
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 28 months.
(9) If he or she is at least age 38 but less than age 39
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 32 months.
(10) If he or she is at least age 37 but less than age
38 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 36 months.
(11) If he or she is at least age 36 but less than age
37 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 40 months.
(12) If he or she is at least age 35 but less than age
36 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 44 months.
(13) If he or she is at least age 34 but less than age
35 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 48 months.
(14) If he or she is at least age 33 but less than age
34 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
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subsection (a) are increased by 52 months.
(15) If he or she is at least age 32 but less than age
33 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 56 months.
(16) If he or she is less than age 32 on June 1, 2014,
then the required retirement ages under subsection (a) are
increased by 60 months.
Notwithstanding Section 1-103.1, this subsection (a-1)
applies without regard to whether or not the Tier 1 participant
is in active service under this Article on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly.
(a-5) A participant who first becomes a participant of this
System on or after January 1, 2011 (the effective date of
Public Act 96-889) who has attained age 62 and has at least 8
years of service credit may elect to receive the lower
retirement annuity provided in paragraph (c) of Section
2-119.01 of this Code.
(b) A participant shall be considered permanently disabled
only if: (1) disability occurs while in service and is of such
a nature as to prevent him or her from reasonably performing
the duties of his or her office at the time; and (2) the board
has received a written certificate by at least 2 licensed
physicians appointed by the board stating that the member is
disabled and that the disability is likely to be permanent.
(Source: P.A. 96-889, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1490, eff. 1-1-11.)
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(40 ILCS 5/2-119.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-119.1)
Sec. 2-119.1. Automatic increase in retirement annuity.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, a A
participant who retires after June 30, 1967, and who has not
received an initial increase under this Section before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991, shall, in
January or July next following the first anniversary of
retirement, whichever occurs first, and in the same month of
each year thereafter, but in no event prior to age 60, have the
amount of the originally granted retirement annuity increased
as follows: for each year through 1971, 1 1/2%; for each year
from 1972 through 1979, 2%; and for 1980 and each year
thereafter, 3%. Annuitants who have received an initial
increase under this subsection prior to the effective date of
this amendatory Act of 1991 shall continue to receive their
annual increases in the same month as the initial increase.
(a-1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), but subject to the
provisions of subsection (a-2), for a Tier 1 retiree, all
automatic increases payable under subsection (a) on or after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly shall be calculated as 3% of the lesser of (1) the
total annuity payable at the time of the increase, including
previous increases granted, or (2) $1,000 multiplied by the
number of years of creditable service upon which the annuity is
based.
Beginning January 1, 2016, the $1,000 referred to in item
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(2) of this subsection (a-1) shall be increased on each January
1 by the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not less
than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
ending with the preceding September; these adjustments shall be
cumulative and compounded. For the purposes of this subsection
(a-1), "consumer price index-u" means the index published by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department
of Labor that measures the average change in prices of goods
and services purchased by all urban consumers, United States
city average, all items, 1982-84 = 100. The new dollar amount
resulting from each annual adjustment shall be determined by
the Public Pension Division of the Department of Insurance and
made available to the System by November 1 of each year.
This subsection (a-1) is applicable without regard to
whether the person is in service on or after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
(a-2) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (a-1), for an
active or inactive Tier 1 participant who has not begun to
receive a retirement annuity under this Article before July 1,
2014:
(1) the second automatic annual increase payable under
subsection (a) shall be at the rate of 0% of the total
annuity payable at the time of the increase if he or she is
at least age 50 on the effective date of this amendatory
Act;
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increases payable under subsection (a) shall be at the rate
of 0% of the total annuity payable at the time of the
increase if he or she is at least age 47 but less than age
50 on the effective date of this amendatory Act;
(3) the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth automatic
annual increases payable under subsection (a) shall be at
the rate of 0% of the total annuity payable at the time of
the increase if he or she is at least age 44 but less than
age 47 on the effective date of this amendatory Act; and
(4) the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, and tenth
automatic annual increases payable under subsection (a)
shall be at the rate of 0% of the total annuity payable at
the time of the increase if he or she is less than age 44 on
the effective date of this amendatory Act.
For the purposes of Section 1-103.1, this subsection (a-2)
is applicable without regard to whether the person is in
service on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 98th General Assembly.
(b) Beginning January 1, 1990, for eligible participants
who remain in service after attaining 20 years of creditable
service, the 3% increases provided under subsection (a) shall
begin to accrue on the January 1 next following the date upon
which the participant (1) attains age 55, or (2) attains 20
years of creditable service, whichever occurs later, and shall
continue to accrue while the participant remains in service;
such increases shall become payable on January 1 or July 1,
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whichever occurs first, next following the first anniversary of
retirement. For any person who has service credit in the System
for the entire period from January 15, 1969 through December
31, 1992, regardless of the date of termination of service, the
reference to age 55 in clause (1) of this subsection (b) shall
be deemed to mean age 50. The increases accruing under this
subsection (b) after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 98th General Assembly shall accrue at the rate provided
in subsection (a-1).
This subsection (b) does not apply to any person who first
becomes a member of the System after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
(b-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section
Article, a participant who first becomes a participant on or
after January 1, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act 96-889)
shall, in January or July next following the first anniversary
of retirement, whichever occurs first, and in the same month of
each year thereafter, but in no event prior to age 67, have the
amount of the retirement annuity then being paid increased by
an amount calculated as a percentage of the originally granted
retirement annuity, equal to 3% or one-half of the annual
unadjusted percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the 12 months
ending with the preceding September, as determined by the
Public Pension Division of the Department of Insurance and
reported to the System by November 1 of each year under
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subsection (a) of Section 2-108.1, whichever is less.
The changes made to this subsection (b-5) by this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall apply to
increases provided under this subsection on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act without regard to whether
service terminated before that effective date.
(c) The foregoing provisions relating to automatic
increases are not applicable to a participant who retires
before having made contributions (at the rate prescribed in
Section 2-126) for automatic increases for less than the
equivalent of one full year. However, in order to be eligible
for the automatic increases, such a participant may make
arrangements to pay to the system the amount required to bring
the total contributions for the automatic increase to the
equivalent of one year's contributions based upon his or her
last salary.
(d) A participant who terminated service prior to July 1,
1967, with at least 14 years of service is entitled to an
increase in retirement annuity beginning January, 1976, and to
additional increases in January of each year thereafter.
The initial increase shall be 1 1/2% of the originally
granted retirement annuity multiplied by the number of full
years that the annuitant was in receipt of such annuity prior
to January 1, 1972, plus 2% of the originally granted
retirement annuity for each year after that date. The
subsequent annual increases shall be at the rate of 2% of the
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originally granted retirement annuity for each year through
1979 and at the rate of 3% for 1980 and thereafter. The
increases provided under this subsection (d) on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly shall be at the rate provided in subsection (a-1),
notwithstanding that service terminated before that effective
date.
(e) Except as may be provided in subsection (b-5),
beginning Beginning January 1, 1990, all automatic annual
increases payable under this Section shall be calculated as a
percentage of the total annuity payable at the time of the
increase, including previous increases granted under this
Article.
(Source: P.A. 96-889, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1490, eff. 1-1-11.)
(40 ILCS 5/2-124) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-124)
Sec. 2-124. Contributions by State.
(a) The State shall make contributions to the System by
appropriations of amounts which, together with the
contributions of participants, interest earned on investments,
and other income will meet the cost of maintaining and
administering the System on a 100% 90% funded basis in
accordance with actuarial recommendations by the end of State
fiscal year 2044.
(b) The Board shall determine the amount of State
contributions required for each fiscal year on the basis of the
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actuarial tables and other assumptions adopted by the Board and
the prescribed rate of interest, using the formula in
subsection (c).
(c) For State fiscal years 2015 through 2044, the minimum
contribution to the System to be made by the State for each
fiscal year shall be an amount determined by the System to be
equal to the sum of (1) the State's portion of the projected
normal cost for that fiscal year, plus (2) an amount sufficient
to bring the total assets of the System up to 100% of the total
actuarial liabilities of the System by the end of State fiscal
year 2044. In making these determinations, the required State
contribution shall be calculated each year as a level
percentage of payroll over the years remaining to and including
fiscal year 2044 and shall be determined under the projected
unit cost method for fiscal year 2015 and under the entry age
normal actuarial cost method for fiscal years 2016 through
2044.
For State fiscal years 2012 through 2014 2045, the minimum
contribution to the System to be made by the State for each
fiscal year shall be an amount determined by the System to be
sufficient to bring the total assets of the System up to 90% of
the total actuarial liabilities of the System by the end of
State fiscal year 2045. In making these determinations, the
required State contribution shall be calculated each year as a
level percentage of payroll over the years remaining to and
including fiscal year 2045 and shall be determined under the
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projected unit credit actuarial cost method.
For State fiscal years 1996 through 2005, the State
contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is contributing at
the rate required under this Section.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2006 is
$4,157,000.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2007 is
$5,220,300.
For each of State fiscal years 2008 through 2009, the State
contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
from the required State contribution for State fiscal year
2007, so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2010 is
$10,454,000 and shall be made from the proceeds of bonds sold
in fiscal year 2010 pursuant to Section 7.2 of the General
Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the pro rata share of bond sale
expenses determined by the System's share of total bond
proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from the General Revenue
Fund in fiscal year 2010, and (iii) any reduction in bond
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proceeds due to the issuance of discounted bonds, if
applicable.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2011 is
the amount recertified by the System on or before April 1, 2011
pursuant to Section 2-134 and shall be made from the proceeds
of bonds sold in fiscal year 2011 pursuant to Section 7.2 of
the General Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the pro rata share of
bond sale expenses determined by the System's share of total
bond proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from the General
Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2011, and (iii) any reduction in
bond proceeds due to the issuance of discounted bonds, if
applicable.
Beginning in State fiscal year 2045, the minimum State
contribution for each fiscal year shall be the amount needed to
maintain the total assets of the System at 100% of the total
actuarial liabilities of the System.
Beginning in State fiscal year 2046, the minimum State
contribution for each fiscal year shall be the amount needed to
maintain the total assets of the System at 90% of the total
actuarial liabilities of the System.
Amounts received by the System pursuant to Section 25 of
the Budget Stabilization Act or Section 8.12 of the State
Finance Act in any fiscal year do not reduce and do not
constitute payment of any portion of the minimum State
contribution required under this Article in that fiscal year.
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Such amounts shall not reduce, and shall not be included in the
calculation of, the required State contributions under this
Article in any future year until the System has reached a
funding ratio of at least 100% 90%. A reference in this Article
to the "required State contribution" or any substantially
similar term does not include or apply to any amounts payable
to the System under Section 25 of the Budget Stabilization Act.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
required State contribution for State fiscal year 2005 and for
fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter through State
fiscal year 2014, as calculated under this Section and
certified under Section 2-134, shall not exceed an amount equal
to (i) the amount of the required State contribution that would
have been calculated under this Section for that fiscal year if
the System had not received any payments under subsection (d)
of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond Act, minus (ii)
the portion of the State's total debt service payments for that
fiscal year on the bonds issued in fiscal year 2003 for the
purposes of that Section 7.2, as determined and certified by
the Comptroller, that is the same as the System's portion of
the total moneys distributed under subsection (d) of Section
7.2 of the General Obligation Bond Act. In determining this
maximum for State fiscal years 2008 through 2010, however, the
amount referred to in item (i) shall be increased, as a
percentage of the applicable employee payroll, in equal
increments calculated from the sum of the required State
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contribution for State fiscal year 2007 plus the applicable
portion of the State's total debt service payments for fiscal
year 2007 on the bonds issued in fiscal year 2003 for the
purposes of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond Act, so
that, by State fiscal year 2011, the State is contributing at
the rate otherwise required under this Section.
(d) For purposes of determining the required State
contribution to the System, the value of the System's assets
shall be equal to the actuarial value of the System's assets,
which shall be calculated as follows:
As of June 30, 2008, the actuarial value of the System's
assets shall be equal to the market value of the assets as of
that date. In determining the actuarial value of the System's
assets for fiscal years after June 30, 2008, any actuarial
gains or losses from investment return incurred in a fiscal
year shall be recognized in equal annual amounts over the
5-year period following that fiscal year.
(e) For purposes of determining the required State
contribution to the system for a particular year, the actuarial
value of assets shall be assumed to earn a rate of return equal
to the system's actuarially assumed rate of return.
(Source: P.A. 96-43, eff. 7-15-09; 96-1497, eff. 1-14-11;
96-1511, eff. 1-27-11; 96-1554, eff. 3-18-11; 97-813, eff.
7-13-12.)
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Sec. 2-125. Obligations of State; funding guarantee.
(a) The payment of (1) the required State contributions,
(2) all benefits granted under this system and (3) all expenses
of administration and operation are obligations of the State to
the extent specified in this Article.
(b) All income, interest and dividends derived from
deposits and investments shall be credited to the account of
the system in the State Treasury and used to pay benefits under
this Article.
(c) Beginning July 1, 2014, the State shall be obligated to
contribute to the System in each State fiscal year an amount
not less than the sum of (i) the State's normal cost for the
year and (ii) the portion of the unfunded accrued liability
assigned to that year by law. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, if the State fails to pay an amount required
under this subsection, it shall be the obligation of the Board
to seek payment of the required amount in compliance with the
provisions of this Section and, if the amount remains unpaid,
to bring a mandamus action in the Supreme Court of Illinois to
compel the State to make the required payment.
If the System submits a voucher for contributions required
under Section 2-124 and the State fails to pay that voucher
within 90 days of its receipt, the Board shall submit a written
request to the Comptroller seeking payment. A copy of the
request shall be filed with the Secretary of State, and the
Secretary of State shall provide a copy to the Governor and
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General Assembly. No earlier than the 16th day after the System
files the request with the Comptroller and Secretary of State,
if the amount remains unpaid the Board shall commence a
mandamus action in the Supreme Court of Illinois to compel the
Comptroller to satisfy the voucher.
This subsection (c) constitutes an express waiver of the
State's sovereign immunity solely to the extent that it permits
the Board to commence a mandamus action in the Supreme Court of
Illinois to compel the Comptroller to pay a voucher for the
contributions required under Section 2-124.
(d) Beginning in State fiscal year 2016, the State shall be
obligated to make the transfers set forth in subsections (c-5)
and (c-10) of Section 20 of the Budget Stabilization Act and to
pay to the System its proportionate share of the transferred
amounts in accordance with Section 25 of the Budget
Stabilization Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
if the State fails to transfer an amount required under this
subsection or to pay to the System its proportionate share of
the transferred amount in accordance with Section 25 of the
Budget Stabilization Act, it shall be the obligation of the
Board to seek transfer or payment of the required amount in
compliance with the provisions of this Section and, if the
required amount remains untransferred or the required payment
remains unpaid, to bring a mandamus action in the Supreme Court
of Illinois to compel the State to make the required transfer
or payment or both, as the case may be.
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If the State fails to make a transfer required under
subsection (c-5) or (c-10) of Section 20 of the Budget
Stabilization Act or a payment to the System required under
Section 25 of that Act, the Board shall submit a written
request to the Comptroller seeking payment. A copy of the
request shall be filed with the Secretary of State, and the
Secretary of State shall provide a copy to the Governor and
General Assembly. No earlier than the 16th day after the System
files the request with the Comptroller and Secretary of State,
if the required amount remains untransferred or the required
payment remains unpaid, the Board shall commence a mandamus
action in the Supreme Court of Illinois to compel the
Comptroller to make the required transfer or payment or both,
as the case may be.
This subsection (d) constitutes an express waiver of the
State's sovereign immunity solely to the extent that it permits
the Board to commence a mandamus action in the Supreme Court of
Illinois to compel the Comptroller to make a transfer required
under subsection (c-5) or (c-10) of Section 20 of the Budget
Stabilization Act and to pay to the System its proportionate
share of the transferred amount in accordance with Section 25
of the Budget Stabilization Act.
The obligations created by this subsection (d) expire when
all of the requirements of subsections (c-5) and (c-10) of
Section 20 of the Budget Stabilization Act and Section 25 of
the Budget Stabilization Act have been met.
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(e) Any payments and transfers required to be made by the
State pursuant to subsection (c) or (d) are expressly
subordinate to the payment of the principal, interest, and
premium, if any, on any bonded debt obligation of the State or
any other State-created entity, either currently outstanding
or to be issued, for which the source of repayment or security
thereon is derived directly or indirectly from tax revenues
collected by the State or any other State-created entity.
Payments on such bonded obligations include any statutory fund
transfers or other prefunding mechanisms or formulas set forth,
now or hereafter, in State law or bond indentures, into debt
service funds or accounts of the State related to such bond
obligations, consistent with the payment schedules associated
with such obligations.
(Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
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Sec. 2-126. Contributions by participants.
(a) Each participant shall contribute toward the cost of
his or her retirement annuity a percentage of each payment of
salary received by him or her for service as a member as
follows: for service between October 31, 1947 and January 1,
1959, 5%; for service between January 1, 1959 and June 30,
1969, 6%; for service between July 1, 1969 and January 10,
1973, 6 1/2%; for service after January 10, 1973, 7%; for
service after December 31, 1981, 8 1/2%.
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(b) Beginning August 2, 1949, each male participant, and
from July 1, 1971, each female participant shall contribute
towards the cost of the survivor's annuity 2% of salary.
A participant who has no eligible survivor's annuity
beneficiary may elect to cease making contributions for
survivor's annuity under this subsection. A survivor's annuity
shall not be payable upon the death of a person who has made
this election, unless prior to that death the election has been
revoked and the amount of the contributions that would have
been paid under this subsection in the absence of the election
is paid to the System, together with interest at the rate of 4%
per year from the date the contributions would have been made
to the date of payment.
(c) Beginning July 1, 1967 and, in the case of Tier 1
participants, ending on June 30, 2014, each participant shall
contribute 1% of salary towards the cost of automatic increase
in annuity provided in Section 2-119.1. These contributions
shall be made concurrently with contributions for retirement
annuity purposes.
(d) In addition, each participant serving as an officer of
the General Assembly shall contribute, for the same purposes
and at the same rates as are required of a regular participant,
on each additional payment received as an officer. If the
participant serves as an officer for at least 2 but less than 4
years, he or she shall contribute an amount equal to the amount
that would have been contributed had the participant served as
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an officer for 4 years. Persons who serve as officers in the
87th General Assembly but cannot receive the additional payment
to officers because of the ban on increases in salary during
their terms may nonetheless make contributions based on those
additional payments for the purpose of having the additional
payments included in their highest salary for annuity purposes;
however, persons electing to make these additional
contributions must also pay an amount representing the
corresponding employer contributions, as calculated by the
System.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
the required contribution of a participant who first becomes a
participant on or after January 1, 2011 shall not exceed the
contribution that would be due under this Article if that
participant's highest salary for annuity purposes were
$106,800, plus any increases in that amount under Section
2-108.1.
(Source: P.A. 96-1490, eff. 1-1-11.)
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Sec. 2-126.5. Use of contributions for health care
subsidies. The System shall not use any contribution received
by the System under this Article to provide a subsidy for the
cost of participation in a retiree health care program.
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Sec. 2-134. To certify required State contributions and
submit vouchers.
(a) The Board shall certify to the Governor on or before
December 15 of each year until December 15, 2011 the amount of
the required State contribution to the System for the next
fiscal year and shall specifically identify the System's
projected State normal cost for that fiscal year. The
certification shall include a copy of the actuarial
recommendations upon which it is based and shall specifically
identify the System's projected State normal cost for that
fiscal year.
On or before November 1 of each year, beginning November 1,
2012, the Board shall submit to the State Actuary, the
Governor, and the General Assembly a proposed certification of
the amount of the required State contribution to the System for
the next fiscal year, along with all of the actuarial
assumptions, calculations, and data upon which that proposed
certification is based. On or before January 1 of each year
beginning January 1, 2013, the State Actuary shall issue a
preliminary report concerning the proposed certification and
identifying, if necessary, recommended changes in actuarial
assumptions that the Board must consider before finalizing its
certification of the required State contributions. On or before
January 15, 2013 and every January 15 thereafter, the Board
shall certify to the Governor and the General Assembly the
amount of the required State contribution for the next fiscal
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year. The Board's certification must note any deviations from
the State Actuary's recommended changes, the reason or reasons
for not following the State Actuary's recommended changes, and
the fiscal impact of not following the State Actuary's
recommended changes on the required State contribution.
On or before May 1, 2004, the Board shall recalculate and
recertify to the Governor the amount of the required State
contribution to the System for State fiscal year 2005, taking
into account the amounts appropriated to and received by the
System under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General
Obligation Bond Act.
On or before July 1, 2005, the Board shall recalculate and
recertify to the Governor the amount of the required State
contribution to the System for State fiscal year 2006, taking
into account the changes in required State contributions made
by this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
On or before April 1, 2011, the Board shall recalculate and
recertify to the Governor the amount of the required State
contribution to the System for State fiscal year 2011, applying
the changes made by Public Act 96-889 to the System's assets
and liabilities as of June 30, 2009 as though Public Act 96-889
was approved on that date.
(a-5) For purposes of Section (c-5) of Section 20 of the
Budget Stabilization Act, on or before November 1 of each year
beginning November 1, 2014, the Board shall determine the
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been required for the next fiscal year if this amendatory Act
of the 98th General Assembly had not taken effect, using the
best and most recent available data but based on the law in
effect on May 31, 2014. The Board shall submit to the State
Actuary, the Governor, and the General Assembly a proposed
certification, along with the relevant law, actuarial
assumptions, calculations, and data upon which that
certification is based. On or before January 1,2015 and every
January 1 thereafter, the State Actuary shall issue a
preliminary report concerning the proposed certification and
identifying, if necessary, recommended changes in actuarial
assumptions that the Board must consider before finalizing its
certification. On or before January 15, 2015 and every January
1 thereafter, the Board shall certify to the Governor and the
General Assembly the amount of the State contribution to the
System that would have been required for the next fiscal year
if this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly had not
taken effect, using the best and most recent available data but
based on the law in effect on May 31, 2014. The Board's
certification must note any deviations from the State Actuary's
recommended changes, the reason or reasons for not following
the State Actuary's recommended changes, and the impact of not
following the State Actuary's recommended changes.
(b) Beginning in State fiscal year 1996, on or as soon as
possible after the 15th day of each month the Board shall
submit vouchers for payment of State contributions to the
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System, in a total monthly amount of one-twelfth of the
required annual State contribution certified under subsection
(a). From the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
General Assembly through June 30, 2004, the Board shall not
submit vouchers for the remainder of fiscal year 2004 in excess
of the fiscal year 2004 certified contribution amount
determined under this Section after taking into consideration
the transfer to the System under subsection (d) of Section
6z-61 of the State Finance Act. These vouchers shall be paid by
the State Comptroller and Treasurer by warrants drawn on the
funds appropriated to the System for that fiscal year. If in
any month the amount remaining unexpended from all other
appropriations to the System for the applicable fiscal year
(including the appropriations to the System under Section 8.12
of the State Finance Act and Section 1 of the State Pension
Funds Continuing Appropriation Act) is less than the amount
lawfully vouchered under this Section, the difference shall be
paid from the General Revenue Fund under the continuing
appropriation authority provided in Section 1.1 of the State
Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act.
(c) The full amount of any annual appropriation for the
System for State fiscal year 1995 shall be transferred and made
available to the System at the beginning of that fiscal year at
the request of the Board. Any excess funds remaining at the end
of any fiscal year from appropriations shall be retained by the
System as a general reserve to meet the System's accrued
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(Source: P.A. 96-1497, eff. 1-14-11; 96-1511, eff. 1-27-11;
97-694, eff. 6-18-12.)
(40 ILCS 5/2-162)
Sec. 2-162. Application and expiration of new benefit
increases.
(a) As used in this Section, "new benefit increase" means
an increase in the amount of any benefit provided under this
Article, or an expansion of the conditions of eligibility for
any benefit under this Article, that results from an amendment
to this Code that takes effect after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly. "New benefit
increase", however, does not include any benefit increase
resulting from the changes made to this Article by this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or any
subsequent amendment to this Code, every new benefit increase
is subject to this Section and shall be deemed to be granted
only in conformance with and contingent upon compliance with
the provisions of this Section.
(c) The Public Act enacting a new benefit increase must
identify and provide for payment to the System of additional
funding at least sufficient to fund the resulting annual
increase in cost to the System as it accrues.
Every new benefit increase is contingent upon the General
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subsection. The Commission on Government Forecasting and
Accountability shall analyze whether adequate additional
funding has been provided for the new benefit increase and
shall report its analysis to the Public Pension Division of the
Department of Insurance Financial and Professional Regulation.
A new benefit increase created by a Public Act that does not
include the additional funding required under this subsection
is null and void. If the Public Pension Division determines
that the additional funding provided for a new benefit increase
under this subsection is or has become inadequate, it may so
certify to the Governor and the State Comptroller and, in the
absence of corrective action by the General Assembly, the new
benefit increase shall expire at the end of the fiscal year in
which the certification is made.
(d) Every new benefit increase shall expire 5 years after
its effective date or on such earlier date as may be specified
in the language enacting the new benefit increase or provided
under subsection (c). This does not prevent the General
Assembly from extending or re-creating a new benefit increase
by law.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in the language creating
the new benefit increase, a new benefit increase that expires
under this Section continues to apply to persons who applied
and qualified for the affected benefit while the new benefit
increase was in effect and to the affected beneficiaries and
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other person, including without limitation a person who
continues in service after the expiration date and did not
apply and qualify for the affected benefit while the new
benefit increase was in effect.
(Source: P.A. 94-4, eff. 6-1-05.)
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Sec. 2-165. Defined contribution plan.
(a) By July 1, 2015, the System shall prepare and implement
a voluntary defined contribution plan for up to 5% of eligible
active Tier 1 participants. The System shall determine the 5%
cap by determining the number of active Tier 1 participants on
the effective date of this Section. The defined contribution
plan developed under this Section shall be a plan that
aggregates employer and employee contributions in individual
participant accounts which, after meeting any other
requirements, are used for payouts after retirement in
accordance with this Section and any other applicable laws.
As used in this Section, "defined benefit plan" means the
retirement plan available under this Article to Tier 1
participants who have not made the election authorized under
this Section.
(1) Under the defined contribution plan, an active Tier
1 participant of this System could elect to cease accruing
benefits in the defined benefit plan under this Article and
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contribution plan. Service credit under the defined
contribution plan may be used for determining retirement
eligibility under the defined benefit plan.
(2) Participants in the defined contribution plan
shall pay employee contributions at the same rate as Tier 1
participants in this System who do not participate in the
defined contribution plan.
(3) State contributions shall be paid into the accounts
of all participants in the defined contribution plan at a
uniform rate, expressed as a percentage of compensation and
determined for each year. This rate shall be no higher than
the employer's normal cost for Tier 1 participants in the
defined benefit plan for that year, as determined by the
System and expressed as a percentage of compensation, and
shall be no lower than 3% of compensation. The State shall
adjust this rate annually.
(4) The defined contribution plan shall require 5 years
of participation in the defined contribution plan before
vesting in State contributions. If the participant fails to
vest in them, the State contributions, and the earnings
thereon, shall be forfeited.
(5) The defined contribution plan may provide for
participants in the plan to be eligible for defined
disability benefits. If it does, the System shall reduce
the employee contributions credited to the participant's
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defined contribution plan account by an amount determined
by the System to cover the cost of offering such benefits.
(6) The defined contribution plan shall provide a
variety of options for investments. These options shall
include investments handled by the Illinois State Board of
Investment as well as private sector investment options.
(7) The defined contribution plan shall provide a
variety of options for payouts to retirees and their
survivors.
(8) To the extent authorized under federal law and as
authorized by the System, the plan shall allow former
participants in the plan to transfer or roll over employee
and vested State contributions, and the earnings thereon,
into other qualified retirement plans.
(9) The System shall reduce the employee contributions
credited to the participant's defined contribution plan
account by an amount determined by the System to cover the
cost of offering these benefits and any applicable
administrative fees.
(b) Only persons who are active Tier 1 participants of the
System on the effective date of this Section are eligible to
participate in the defined contribution plan. Participation in
the defined contribution plan shall be limited to the first 5%
of eligible persons who elect to participate. The election to
participate in the defined contribution plan is voluntary and
irrevocable.
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(c) An eligible active Tier 1 participant may irrevocably
elect to participate in the defined contribution plan by filing
with the System a written application to participate that is
received by the System prior to its determination that 5% of
eligible persons have elected to participate in the defined
contribution plan.
When the System first determines that 5% of eligible
persons have elected to participate in the defined contribution
plan, the System shall provide notice to previously eligible
employees that the plan is no longer available and shall cease
accepting applications to participate.
(d) The System shall make a good faith effort to contact
each active Tier 1 participant who is eligible to participate
in the defined contribution plan. The System shall mail
information describing the option to join the defined
contribution plan to each of these employees to his or her last
known address on file with the System. If the employee is not
responsive to other means of contact, it is sufficient for the
System to publish the details of the option on its website.
Upon request for further information describing the
option, the System shall provide employees with information
from the System before exercising the option to join the plan,
including information on the impact to their vested benefits or
non-vested service. The individual consultation shall include
projections of the participant's defined benefits at
retirement or earlier termination of service and the value of
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the participant's account at retirement or earlier termination
of service. The System shall not provide advice or counseling
with respect to whether the employee should exercise the
option. The System shall inform Tier 1 participants who are
eligible to participate in the defined contribution plan that
they may also wish to obtain information and counsel relating
to their option from any other available source, including but
not limited to labor organizations, private counsel, and
financial advisors.
(e) In no event shall the System, its staff, its authorized
representatives, or the Board be liable for any information
given to an employee under this Section. The System may
coordinate with the Illinois Department of Central Management
Services and other retirement systems administering a defined
contribution plan in accordance with this amendatory Act of the
98th General Assembly to provide information concerning the
impact of the option set forth in this Section.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no
person shall begin participating in the defined contribution
plan until it has attained qualified plan status and received
all necessary approvals from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
(g) The System shall report on its progress under this
Section, including the available details of the defined
contribution plan and the System's plans for informing eligible
Tier 1 participants about the plan, to the Governor and the
General Assembly on or before January 15, 2015.
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(40 ILCS 5/2-166 new)
Sec. 2-166. Defined contribution plan; termination. If the
defined contribution plan is terminated or becomes inoperative
pursuant to law, then each participant in the plan shall
automatically be deemed to have been a contributing Tier 1
participant in the System's defined benefit plan during the
time in which he or she participated in the defined
contribution plan, and for that purpose the System shall be
entitled to recover the amounts in the participant's defined
contribution accounts.
(40 ILCS 5/7-109) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109)
Sec. 7-109. Employee.
(1) "Employee" means any person who:
(a) 1. Receives earnings as payment for the performance
of personal services or official duties out of the
general fund of a municipality, or out of any special
fund or funds controlled by a municipality, or by an
instrumentality thereof, or a participating
instrumentality, including, in counties, the fees or
earnings of any county fee office; and
2. Under the usual common law rules applicable in
determining the employer-employee relationship, has
the status of an employee with a municipality, or any
instrumentality thereof, or a participating
instrumentality, including aldermen, county
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supervisors and other persons (excepting those
employed as independent contractors) who are paid
compensation, fees, allowances or other emolument for
official duties, and, in counties, the several county
fee offices.
(b) Serves as a township treasurer appointed under the
School Code, as heretofore or hereafter amended, and who
receives for such services regular compensation as
distinguished from per diem compensation, and any regular
employee in the office of any township treasurer whether or
not his earnings are paid from the income of the permanent
township fund or from funds subject to distribution to the
several school districts and parts of school districts as
provided in the School Code, or from both such sources; or
is the chief executive officer, chief educational officer,
chief fiscal officer, or other employee of a Financial
Oversight Panel established pursuant to Article 1H of the
School Code, other than a superintendent or certified
school business official, except that such person shall not
be treated as an employee under this Section if that person
has negotiated with the Financial Oversight Panel, in
conjunction with the school district, a contractual
agreement for exclusion from this Section.
(c) Holds an elective office in a municipality,
instrumentality thereof or participating instrumentality.
(2) "Employee" does not include persons who:
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(a) Are eligible for inclusion under any of the
following laws:
1. "An Act in relation to an Illinois State
Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund", approved May
27, 1915, as amended;
2. Articles 15 and 16 of this Code.
However, such persons shall be included as employees to
the extent of earnings that are not eligible for inclusion
under the foregoing laws for services not of an
instructional nature of any kind.
However, any member of the armed forces who is employed
as a teacher of subjects in the Reserve Officers Training
Corps of any school and who is not certified under the law
governing the certification of teachers shall be included
as an employee.
(b) Are designated by the governing body of a
municipality in which a pension fund is required by law to
be established for policemen or firemen, respectively, as
performing police or fire protection duties, except that
when such persons are the heads of the police or fire
department and are not eligible to be included within any
such pension fund, they shall be included within this
Article; provided, that such persons shall not be excluded
to the extent of concurrent service and earnings not
designated as being for police or fire protection duties.
However, (i) any head of a police department who was a
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participant under this Article immediately before October
1, 1977 and did not elect, under Section 3-109 of this Act,
to participate in a police pension fund shall be an
"employee", and (ii) any chief of police who elects to
participate in this Fund under Section 3-109.1 of this
Code, regardless of whether such person continues to be
employed as chief of police or is employed in some other
rank or capacity within the police department, shall be an
employee under this Article for so long as such person is
employed to perform police duties by a participating
municipality and has not lawfully rescinded that election.
(c) After August 26, 2011 (the effective date of Public
Act 97-609), are contributors to or eligible to contribute
to a Taft-Hartley pension plan established on or before
June 1, 2011 and are employees of a theatre, arena, or
convention center that is located in a municipality located
in a county with a population greater than 5,000,000, and
to which the participating municipality is required to
contribute as the person's employer based on earnings from
the municipality. Nothing in this paragraph shall affect
service credit or creditable service for any period of
service prior to August 26, 2011, and this paragraph shall
not apply to individuals who are participating in the Fund
prior to August 26, 2011.
(d) Become an employee of any of the following
participating instrumentalities on or after the effective
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date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly:
the Illinois Municipal League; the Illinois Association of
Park Districts; the Illinois Supervisors, County
Commissioners and Superintendents of Highways Association;
an association, or not-for-profit corporation, membership
in which is authorized under Section 85-15 of the Township
Code; the United Counties Council; or the Will County
Governmental League.
(3) All persons, including, without limitation, public
defenders and probation officers, who receive earnings from
general or special funds of a county for performance of
personal services or official duties within the territorial
limits of the county, are employees of the county (unless
excluded by subsection (2) of this Section) notwithstanding
that they may be appointed by and are subject to the direction
of a person or persons other than a county board or a county
officer. It is hereby established that an employer-employee
relationship under the usual common law rules exists between
such employees and the county paying their salaries by reason
of the fact that the county boards fix their rates of
compensation, appropriate funds for payment of their earnings
and otherwise exercise control over them. This finding and this
amendatory Act shall apply to all such employees from the date
of appointment whether such date is prior to or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act and is intended to
clarify existing law pertaining to their status as
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participating employees in the Fund.
(Source: P.A. 97-429, eff. 8-16-11; 97-609, eff. 8-26-11;
97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
(40 ILCS 5/7-114) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-114)
Sec. 7-114. Earnings. "Earnings":
(a) An amount to be determined by the board, equal to the
sum of:
1. The total amount of money paid to an employee for
personal services or official duties as an employee (except
those employed as independent contractors) paid out of the
general fund, or out of any special funds controlled by the
municipality, or by any instrumentality thereof, or
participating instrumentality, including compensation,
fees, allowances, or other emolument paid for official
duties (but not including automobile maintenance, travel
expense, or reimbursements for expenditures incurred in
the performance of duties or, in the case of a person who
first becomes a participant on or after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly,
payments for unused sick or vacation time) and, for fee
offices, the fees or earnings of the offices to the extent
such fees are paid out of funds controlled by the
municipality, or instrumentality or participating
instrumentality; and
2. The money value, as determined by rules prescribed
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by the governing body of the municipality, or
instrumentality thereof, of any board, lodging, fuel,
laundry, and other allowances provided an employee in lieu
of money.
(b) For purposes of determining benefits payable under this
fund payments to a person who is engaged in an independently
established trade, occupation, profession or business and who
is paid for his service on a basis other than a monthly or
other regular salary, are not earnings.
(c) If a disabled participating employee is eligible to
receive Workers' Compensation for an accidental injury and the
participating municipality or instrumentality which employed
the participating employee when injured continues to pay the
participating employee regular salary or other compensation or
pays the employee an amount in excess of the Workers'
Compensation amount, then earnings shall be deemed to be the
total payments, including an amount equal to the Workers'
Compensation payments. These payments shall be subject to
employee contributions and allocated as if paid to the
participating employee when the regular payroll amounts would
have been paid if the participating employee had continued
working, and creditable service shall be awarded for this
period.
(d) If an elected official who is a participating employee
becomes disabled but does not resign and is not removed from
office, then earnings shall include all salary payments made
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for the remainder of that term of office and the official shall
be awarded creditable service for the term of office.
(e) If a participating employee is paid pursuant to "An Act
to provide for the continuation of compensation for law
enforcement officers, correctional officers and firemen who
suffer disabling injury in the line of duty", approved
September 6, 1973, as amended, the payments shall be deemed
earnings, and the participating employee shall be awarded
creditable service for this period.
(f) Additional compensation received by a person while
serving as a supervisor of assessments, assessor, deputy
assessor or member of a board of review from the State of
Illinois pursuant to Section 4-10 or 4-15 of the Property Tax
Code shall not be earnings for purposes of this Article and
shall not be included in the contribution formula or
calculation of benefits for such person pursuant to this
Article.
(Source: P.A. 87-740; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
(40 ILCS 5/7-116) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-116)
Sec. 7-116. "Final rate of earnings":
(a) For retirement and survivor annuities, the monthly
earnings obtained by dividing the total earnings received by
the employee during the period of either (1) the 48 consecutive
months of service within the last 120 months of service in
which his total earnings were the highest or (2) the employee's
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total period of service, by the number of months of service in
such period.
(b) For death benefits, the higher of the rate determined
under paragraph (a) of this Section or total earnings received
in the last 12 months of service divided by twelve. If the
deceased employee has less than 12 months of service, the
monthly final rate shall be the monthly rate of pay the
employee was receiving when he began service.
(c) For disability benefits, the total earnings of a
participating employee in the last 12 calendar months of
service prior to the date he becomes disabled divided by 12.
(d) In computing the final rate of earnings: (1) the
earnings rate for all periods of prior service shall be
considered equal to the average earnings rate for the last 3
calendar years of prior service for which creditable service is
received under Section 7-139 or, if there is less than 3 years
of creditable prior service, the average for the total prior
service period for which creditable service is received under
Section 7-139; (2) for out of state service and authorized
leave, the earnings rate shall be the rate upon which service
credits are granted; (3) periods of military leave shall not be
considered; (4) the earnings rate for all periods of disability
shall be considered equal to the rate of earnings upon which
the employee's disability benefits are computed for such
periods; (5) the earnings to be considered for each of the
final three months of the final earnings period for persons who
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first became participants before January 1, 2012 and the
earnings to be considered for each of the final 24 months for
participants who first become participants on or after January
1, 2012 shall not exceed 125% of the highest earnings of any
other month in the final earnings period; and (6) the annual
amount of final rate of earnings shall be the monthly amount
multiplied by the number of months of service normally required
by the position in a year; and (7) in the case of a person who
first becomes a participant on or after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, payments for
unused sick or vacation time shall not be considered.
(Source: P.A. 97-609, eff. 1-1-12.)
(40 ILCS 5/7-139) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139)
Sec. 7-139. Credits and creditable service to employees.
(a) Each participating employee shall be granted credits
and creditable service, for purposes of determining the amount
of any annuity or benefit to which he or a beneficiary is
entitled, as follows:
1. For prior service: Each participating employee who
is an employee of a participating municipality or
participating instrumentality on the effective date shall
be granted creditable service, but no credits under
paragraph 2 of this subsection (a), for periods of prior
service for which credit has not been received under any
other pension fund or retirement system established under
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this Code, as follows:
If the effective date of participation for the
participating municipality or participating
instrumentality is on or before January 1, 1998, creditable
service shall be granted for the entire period of prior
service with that employer without any employee
contribution.
If the effective date of participation for the
participating municipality or participating
instrumentality is after January 1, 1998, creditable
service shall be granted for the last 20% of the period of
prior service with that employer, but no more than 5 years,
without any employee contribution. A participating
employee may establish creditable service for the
remainder of the period of prior service with that employer
by making an application in writing, accompanied by payment
of an employee contribution in an amount determined by the
Fund, based on the employee contribution rates in effect at
the time of application for the creditable service and the
employee's salary rate on the effective date of
participation for that employer, plus interest at the
effective rate from the date of the prior service to the
date of payment. Application for this creditable service
may be made at any time while the employee is still in
service.
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is located in a county with at least 2,000,000 inhabitants;
and (iii) maintains an independent defined benefit pension
plan for the benefit of its eligible employees may restrict
creditable service in whole or in part for periods of prior
service with the employer if the governing body of the
municipality adopts an irrevocable resolution to restrict
that creditable service and files the resolution with the
board before the municipality's effective date of
participation.
Any person who has withdrawn from the service of a
participating municipality or participating
instrumentality prior to the effective date, who reenters
the service of the same municipality or participating
instrumentality after the effective date and becomes a
participating employee is entitled to creditable service
for prior service as otherwise provided in this subdivision
(a)(1) only if he or she renders 2 years of service as a
participating employee after the effective date.
Application for such service must be made while in a
participating status. The salary rate to be used in the
calculation of the required employee contribution, if any,
shall be the employee's salary rate at the time of first
reentering service with the employer after the employer's
effective date of participation.
2. For current service, each participating employee
shall be credited with:
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a. Additional credits of amounts equal to each
payment of additional contributions received from him
under Section 7-173, as of the date the corresponding
payment of earnings is payable to him.
b. Normal credits of amounts equal to each payment
of normal contributions received from him, as of the
date the corresponding payment of earnings is payable
to him, and normal contributions made for the purpose
of establishing out-of-state service credits as
permitted under the conditions set forth in paragraph 6
of this subsection (a).
c. Municipality credits in an amount equal to 1.4
times the normal credits, except those established by
out-of-state service credits, as of the date of
computation of any benefit if these credits would
increase the benefit.
d. Survivor credits equal to each payment of
survivor contributions received from the participating
employee as of the date the corresponding payment of
earnings is payable, and survivor contributions made
for the purpose of establishing out-of-state service
credits.
3. For periods of temporary and total and permanent
disability benefits, each employee receiving disability
benefits shall be granted creditable service for the period
during which disability benefits are payable. Normal and
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survivor credits, based upon the rate of earnings applied
for disability benefits, shall also be granted if such
credits would result in a higher benefit to any such
employee or his beneficiary.
4. For authorized leave of absence without pay: A
participating employee shall be granted credits and
creditable service for periods of authorized leave of
absence without pay under the following conditions:
a. An application for credits and creditable
service is submitted to the board while the employee is
in a status of active employment.
b. Not more than 12 complete months of creditable
service for authorized leave of absence without pay
shall be counted for purposes of determining any
benefits payable under this Article.
c. Credits and creditable service shall be granted
for leave of absence only if such leave is approved by
the governing body of the municipality, including
approval of the estimated cost thereof to the
municipality as determined by the fund, and employee
contributions, plus interest at the effective rate
applicable for each year from the end of the period of
leave to date of payment, have been paid to the fund in
accordance with Section 7-173. The contributions shall
be computed upon the assumption earnings continued
during the period of leave at the rate in effect when
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d. Benefits under the provisions of Sections
7-141, 7-146, 7-150 and 7-163 shall become payable to
employees on authorized leave of absence, or their
designated beneficiary, only if such leave of absence
is creditable hereunder, and if the employee has at
least one year of creditable service other than the
service granted for leave of absence. Any employee
contributions due may be deducted from any benefits
payable.
e. No credits or creditable service shall be
allowed for leave of absence without pay during any
period of prior service.
5. For military service: The governing body of a
municipality or participating instrumentality may elect to
allow creditable service to participating employees who
leave their employment to serve in the armed forces of the
United States for all periods of such service, provided
that the person returns to active employment within 90 days
after completion of full time active duty, but no
creditable service shall be allowed such person for any
period that can be used in the computation of a pension or
any other pay or benefit, other than pay for active duty,
for service in any branch of the armed forces of the United
States. If necessary to the computation of any benefit, the
board shall establish municipality credits for
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participating employees under this paragraph on the
assumption that the employee received earnings at the rate
received at the time he left the employment to enter the
armed forces. A participating employee in the armed forces
shall not be considered an employee during such period of
service and no additional death and no disability benefits
are payable for death or disability during such period.
Any participating employee who left his employment
with a municipality or participating instrumentality to
serve in the armed forces of the United States and who
again became a participating employee within 90 days after
completion of full time active duty by entering the service
of a different municipality or participating
instrumentality, which has elected to allow creditable
service for periods of military service under the preceding
paragraph, shall also be allowed creditable service for his
period of military service on the same terms that would
apply if he had been employed, before entering military
service, by the municipality or instrumentality which
employed him after he left the military service and the
employer costs arising in relation to such grant of
creditable service shall be charged to and paid by that
municipality or instrumentality.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any participating
employee shall be entitled to creditable service as
required by any federal law relating to re-employment
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rights of persons who served in the United States Armed
Services. Such creditable service shall be granted upon
payment by the member of an amount equal to the employee
contributions which would have been required had the
employee continued in service at the same rate of earnings
during the military leave period, plus interest at the
effective rate.
5.1. In addition to any creditable service established
under paragraph 5 of this subsection (a), creditable
service may be granted for up to 48 months of service in
the armed forces of the United States.
In order to receive creditable service for military
service under this paragraph 5.1, a participating employee
must (1) apply to the Fund in writing and provide evidence
of the military service that is satisfactory to the Board;
(2) obtain the written approval of the current employer;
and (3) make contributions to the Fund equal to (i) the
employee contributions that would have been required had
the service been rendered as a member, plus (ii) an amount
determined by the board to be equal to the employer's
normal cost of the benefits accrued for that military
service, plus (iii) interest on items (i) and (ii) from the
date of first membership in the Fund to the date of
payment. The required interest shall be calculated at the
regular interest rate.
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service on or after August 28, 2007 (the effective date of
those Public Acts).
6. For out-of-state service: Creditable service shall
be granted for service rendered to an out-of-state local
governmental body under the following conditions: The
employee had participated and has irrevocably forfeited
all rights to benefits in the out-of-state public employees
pension system; the governing body of his participating
municipality or instrumentality authorizes the employee to
establish such service; the employee has 2 years current
service with this municipality or participating
instrumentality; the employee makes a payment of
contributions, which shall be computed at 8% (normal) plus
2% (survivor) times length of service purchased times the
average rate of earnings for the first 2 years of service
with the municipality or participating instrumentality
whose governing body authorizes the service established
plus interest at the effective rate on the date such
credits are established, payable from the date the employee
completes the required 2 years of current service to date
of payment. In no case shall more than 120 months of
creditable service be granted under this provision.
7. For retroactive service: Any employee who could have
but did not elect to become a participating employee, or
who should have been a participant in the Municipal Public
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Utilities Annuity and Benefit Fund before that fund was
superseded, may receive creditable service for the period
of service not to exceed 50 months; however, a current or
former elected or appointed official of a participating
municipality may establish credit under this paragraph 7
for more than 50 months of service as an official of that
municipality, if the excess over 50 months is approved by
resolution of the governing body of the affected
municipality filed with the Fund before January 1, 2002.
Any employee who is a participating employee on or
after September 24, 1981 and who was excluded from
participation by the age restrictions removed by Public Act
82-596 may receive creditable service for the period, on or
after January 1, 1979, excluded by the age restriction and,
in addition, if the governing body of the participating
municipality or participating instrumentality elects to
allow creditable service for all employees excluded by the
age restriction prior to January 1, 1979, for service
during the period prior to that date excluded by the age
restriction. Any employee who was excluded from
participation by the age restriction removed by Public Act
82-596 and who is not a participating employee on or after
September 24, 1981 may receive creditable service for
service after January 1, 1979. Creditable service under
this paragraph shall be granted upon payment of the
employee contributions which would have been required had
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he participated, with interest at the effective rate for
each year from the end of the period of service established
to date of payment.
8. For accumulated unused sick leave: A participating
employee who first becomes a participating employee before
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly and who is applying for a retirement
annuity shall be entitled to creditable service for that
portion of the employee's accumulated unused sick leave for
which payment is not received, as follows:
a. Sick leave days shall be limited to those
accumulated under a sick leave plan established by a
participating municipality or participating
instrumentality which is available to all employees or
a class of employees.
b. Except as provided in item b-1, only sick leave
days accumulated with a participating municipality or
participating instrumentality with which the employee
was in service within 60 days of the effective date of
his retirement annuity shall be credited; If the
employee was in service with more than one employer
during this period only the sick leave days with the
employer with which the employee has the greatest
number of unpaid sick leave days shall be considered.
b-1. If the employee was in the service of more
than one employer as defined in item (2) of paragraph
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(a) of subsection (A) of Section 7-132, then the sick
leave days from all such employers shall be credited,
as long as the creditable service attributed to those
sick leave days does not exceed the limitation in item
f of this paragraph 8. In calculating the creditable
service under this item b-1, the sick leave days from
the last employer shall be considered first, then the
remaining sick leave days shall be considered until
there are no more days or the maximum creditable sick
leave threshold under item f of this paragraph 8 has
been reached.
c. The creditable service granted shall be
considered solely for the purpose of computing the
amount of the retirement annuity and shall not be used
to establish any minimum service period required by any
provision of the Illinois Pension Code, the effective
date of the retirement annuity, or the final rate of
earnings.
d. The creditable service shall be at the rate of
1/20 of a month for each full sick day, provided that
no more than 12 months may be credited under this
subdivision 8.
e. Employee contributions shall not be required
for creditable service under this subdivision 8.
f. Each participating municipality and
participating instrumentality with which an employee
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has service within 60 days of the effective date of his
retirement annuity shall certify to the board the
number of accumulated unpaid sick leave days credited
to the employee at the time of termination of service.
9. For service transferred from another system:
Credits and creditable service shall be granted for service
under Article 4, 5, 8, 14, or 16 of this Act, to any active
member of this Fund, and to any inactive member who has
been a county sheriff, upon transfer of such credits
pursuant to Section 4-108.3, 5-235, 8-226.7, 14-105.6, or
16-131.4, and payment by the member of the amount by which
(1) the employer and employee contributions that would have
been required if he had participated in this Fund as a
sheriff's law enforcement employee during the period for
which credit is being transferred, plus interest thereon at
the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from
the date of termination of the service for which credit is
being transferred to the date of payment, exceeds (2) the
amount actually transferred to the Fund. Such transferred
service shall be deemed to be service as a sheriff's law
enforcement employee for the purposes of Section 7-142.1.
10. For service transferred from an Article 3 system
under Section 3-110.8: Credits and creditable service
shall be granted for service under Article 3 of this Act as
provided in Section 3-110.8, to any active member of this
Fund upon transfer of such credits pursuant to Section
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3-110.8. If the amount by which (1) the employer and
employee contributions that would have been required if he
had participated in this Fund during the period for which
credit is being transferred, plus interest thereon at the
effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from the
date of termination of the service for which credit is
being transferred to the date of payment, exceeds (2) the
amount actually transferred to the Fund, then the amount of
creditable service established under this paragraph 10
shall be reduced by a corresponding amount in accordance
with the rules and procedures established under this
paragraph 10.
The board shall establish by rule the manner of making
the calculation required under this paragraph 10, taking
into account the appropriate actuarial assumptions; the
member's service, age, and salary history; the level of
funding of the employer; and any other factors that the
board determines to be relevant.
Until January 1, 2010, members who transferred service
from an Article 3 system under the provisions of Public Act
94-356 may establish additional credit in this Fund, but
only up to the amount of the service credit reduction in
that transfer, as calculated under the actuarial
assumptions. This credit may be established upon payment by
the member of an amount to be determined by the board,
equal to (1) the amount that would have been contributed as
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employee and employer contributions had all the service
been as an employee under this Article, plus interest
thereon compounded annually from the date of service to the
date of transfer, less (2) the total amount transferred
from the Article 3 system, plus (3) interest on the
difference at the effective rate for each year, compounded
annually, from the date of the transfer to the date of
payment. The additional service credit is allowed under
this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly
notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 terminating
all transferred credits on the date of transfer.
11. For service transferred from an Article 3 system
under Section 3-110.3: Credits and creditable service
shall be granted for service under Article 3 of this Act as
provided in Section 3-110.3, to any active member of this
Fund, upon transfer of such credits pursuant to Section
3-110.3. If the board determines that the amount
transferred is less than the true cost to the Fund of
allowing that creditable service to be established, then in
order to establish that creditable service, the member must
pay to the Fund an additional contribution equal to the
difference, as determined by the board in accordance with
the rules and procedures adopted under this paragraph. If
the member does not make the full additional payment as
required by this paragraph prior to termination of his
participation with that employer, then his or her
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creditable service shall be reduced by an amount equal to
the difference between the amount transferred under
Section 3-110.3, including any payments made by the member
under this paragraph prior to termination, and the true
cost to the Fund of allowing that creditable service to be
established, as determined by the board in accordance with
the rules and procedures adopted under this paragraph.
The board shall establish by rule the manner of making
the calculation required under this paragraph 11, taking
into account the appropriate actuarial assumptions; the
member's service, age, and salary history, and any other
factors that the board determines to be relevant.
(b) Creditable service - amount:
1. One month of creditable service shall be allowed for
each month for which a participating employee made
contributions as required under Section 7-173, or for which
creditable service is otherwise granted hereunder. Not
more than 1 month of service shall be credited and counted
for 1 calendar month, and not more than 1 year of service
shall be credited and counted for any calendar year. A
calendar month means a nominal month beginning on the first
day thereof, and a calendar year means a year beginning
January 1 and ending December 31.
2. A seasonal employee shall be given 12 months of
creditable service if he renders the number of months of
service normally required by the position in a 12-month
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period and he remains in service for the entire 12-month
period. Otherwise a fractional year of service in the
number of months of service rendered shall be credited.
3. An intermittent employee shall be given creditable
service for only those months in which a contribution is
made under Section 7-173.
(c) No application for correction of credits or creditable
service shall be considered unless the board receives an
application for correction while (1) the applicant is a
participating employee and in active employment with a
participating municipality or instrumentality, or (2) while
the applicant is actively participating in a pension fund or
retirement system which is a participating system under the
Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act. A participating employee or
other applicant shall not be entitled to credits or creditable
service unless the required employee contributions are made in
a lump sum or in installments made in accordance with board
rule.
(d) Upon the granting of a retirement, surviving spouse or
child annuity, a death benefit or a separation benefit, on
account of any employee, all individual accumulated credits
shall thereupon terminate. Upon the withdrawal of additional
contributions, the credits applicable thereto shall thereupon
terminate. Terminated credits shall not be applied to increase
the benefits any remaining employee would otherwise receive
under this Article.
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(Source: P.A. 97-415, eff. 8-16-11; 98-439, eff. 8-16-13.)
(40 ILCS 5/9-219) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-219)
Sec. 9-219. Computation of service.
(1) In computing the term of service of an employee prior
to the effective date, the entire period beginning on the date
he was first appointed and ending on the day before the
effective date, except any intervening period during which he
was separated by withdrawal from service, shall be counted for
all purposes of this Article.
(2) In computing the term of service of any employee on or
after the effective date, the following periods of time shall
be counted as periods of service for age and service, widow's
and child's annuity purposes:
(a) The time during which he performed the duties of
his position.
(b) Vacations, leaves of absence with whole or part
pay, and leaves of absence without pay not longer than 90
days.
(c) For an employee who is a member of a county police
department or a correctional officer with the county
department of corrections, approved leaves of absence
without pay during which the employee serves as a full-time
officer or employee of an employee association, the
membership of which consists of other participants in the
Fund, provided that the employee contributes to the Fund
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(1) the amount that he would have contributed had he
remained an active employee in the position he occupied at
the time the leave of absence was granted, (2) an amount
calculated by the Board representing employer
contributions, and (3) regular interest thereon from the
date of service to the date of payment. However, if the
employee's application to establish credit under this
subsection is received by the Fund on or after July 1, 2002
and before July 1, 2003, the amount representing employer
contributions specified in item (2) shall be waived.
For a former member of a county police department who
has received a refund under Section 9-164, periods during
which the employee serves as head of an employee
association, the membership of which consists of other
police officers, provided that the employee contributes to
the Fund (1) the amount that he would have contributed had
he remained an active member of the county police
department in the position he occupied at the time he left
service, (2) an amount calculated by the Board representing
employer contributions, and (3) regular interest thereon
from the date of service to the date of payment. However,
if the former member of the county police department
retires on or after January 1, 1993 but no later than March
1, 1993, the amount representing employer contributions
specified in item (2) shall be waived.
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and for other periods to which this item (c) applies,
including those leaves of absence and other periods of
service beginning before January 5, 2012 (the effective
date of Public Act 97-651) this amendatory Act of the 97th
General Assembly, the employee or former member must
continue to remain in sworn status, subject to the
professional standards of the public employer or those
terms established in statute.
(d) Any period of disability for which he received
disability benefit or whole or part pay.
(e) For a person who first becomes an employee before
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly, accumulated Accumulated vacation or
other time for which an employee who retires on or after
November 1, 1990 receives a lump sum payment at the time of
retirement, provided that contributions were made to the
fund at the time such lump sum payment was received. The
service granted for the lump sum payment shall not change
the employee's date of withdrawal for computing the
effective date of the annuity.
(f) An employee who first becomes an employee before
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly may receive service credit for annuity
purposes for accumulated sick leave as of the date of the
employee's withdrawal from service, not to exceed a total
of 180 days, provided that the amount of such accumulated
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sick leave is certified by the County Comptroller to the
Board and the employee pays an amount equal to 8.5% (9% for
members of the County Police Department who are eligible to
receive an annuity under Section 9-128.1) of the amount
that would have been paid had such accumulated sick leave
been paid at the employee's final rate of salary. Such
payment shall be made within 30 days after the date of
withdrawal and prior to receipt of the first annuity check.
The service credit granted for such accumulated sick leave
shall not change the employee's date of withdrawal for the
purpose of computing the effective date of the annuity.
(3) In computing the term of service of an employee on or
after the effective date for ordinary disability benefit
purposes, the following periods of time shall be counted as
periods of service:
(a) Unless otherwise specified in Section 9-157, the
time during which he performed the duties of his position.
(b) Paid vacations and leaves of absence with whole or
part pay.
(c) Any period for which he received duty disability
benefit.
(d) Any period of disability for which he received
whole or part pay.
(4) For an employee who on January 1, 1958, was transferred
by Act of the 70th General Assembly from his position in a
department of welfare of any city located in the county in
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which this Article is in force and effect to a similar position
in a department of such county, service shall also be credited
for ordinary disability benefit and child's annuity for such
period of department of welfare service during which period he
was a contributor to a statutory annuity and benefit fund in
such city and for which purposes service credit would otherwise
not be credited by virtue of such involuntary transfer.
(5) An employee described in subsection (e) of Section
9-108 shall receive credit for child's annuity and ordinary
disability benefit for the period of time for which he was
credited with service in the fund from which he was
involuntarily separated through class or group transfer;
provided, that no such credit shall be allowed to the extent
that it results in a duplication of credits or benefits, and
neither shall such credit be allowed to the extent that it was
or may be forfeited by the application for and acceptance of a
refund from the fund from which the employee was transferred.
(6) Overtime or extra service shall not be included in
computing service. Not more than 1 year of service shall be
allowed for service rendered during any calendar year.
(7) Unused sick or vacation time shall not be used to
compute the service of an employee who first becomes an
employee on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 98th General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 97-651, eff. 1-5-12.)
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(40 ILCS 5/9-220) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-220)
Sec. 9-220. Basis of service credit.
(a) In computing the period of service of any employee for
annuity purposes under Section 9-134, the following provisions
shall govern:
(1) All periods prior to the effective date shall be
computed in accordance with the provisions governing the
computation of such service.
(2) Service on or after the effective date shall
include:
(i) The actual period of time the employee
contributes or has contributed to the fund for service
rendered to age 65 plus the actual period of time after
age 65 for which the employee performs the duties of
his position or performs such duties and is given a
county contribution for age and service annuity or
minimum annuity purposes.
(ii) Leaves of absence from duty, or vacation, for
which an employee receives all or part of his salary.
(iii) For a person who first becomes an employee
before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
98th General Assembly, accumulated Accumulated
vacation or other time for which an employee who
retires on or after November 1, 1990 receives a lump
sum payment at the time of retirement, provided that
contributions were made to the fund at the time such
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lump sum payment was received. The service granted for
the lump sum payment shall not change the employee's
date of withdrawal for computing the effective date of
the annuity.
(iv) For a person who first becomes an employee
before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
98th General Assembly, accumulated Accumulated sick
leave as of the date of the employee's withdrawal from
service, not to exceed a total of 180 days, provided
that the amount of such accumulated sick leave is
certified by the County Comptroller to the Board and
the employee pays an amount equal to 8.5% (9% for
members of the County Police Department who are
eligible to receive an annuity under Section 9-128.1)
of the amount that would have been paid had such
accumulated sick leave been paid at the employee's
final rate of salary. Such payment shall be made within
30 days after the date of withdrawal and prior to
receipt of the first annuity check. The service credit
granted for such accumulated sick leave shall not
change the employee's date of withdrawal for the
purpose of computing the effective date of the annuity.
(v) Periods during which the employee has had
contributions for annuity purposes made for him in
accordance with law while on military leave of absence
during World War II.
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(vi) Periods during which the employee receives a
disability benefit under this Article.
(vii) For any person who first becomes a member on
or after January 1, 2011, the actual period of time the
employee contributes or has contributed to the fund for
service rendered up to the limitation on salary in
subsection (b-5) of Section 1-160 plus the actual
period of time thereafter for which the employee
performs the duties of his position and ceased
contributing due to the salary limitation in
subsection (b-5) of Section 1-160.
(3) The right to have certain periods of time
considered as service as stated in paragraph (2) of Section
9-164 shall not apply for annuity purposes unless the
refunds shall have been repaid in accordance with this
Article.
(4) All service shall be computed in whole calendar
months, and at least 15 days of service in any one calendar
month shall constitute one calendar month of service, and 1
year of service shall be equal to the number of months,
days or hours for which an appropriation was made in the
annual appropriation ordinance for the position held by the
employee.
(5) Unused sick or vacation time shall not be used to
compute the service of an employee who first becomes an
employee on or after the effective date of this amendatory
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Act of the 98th General Assembly.
(b) For all other annuity purposes of this Article the
following schedule shall govern the computation of a year of
service of an employee whose salary or wages is on the basis
stated, and any fractional part of a year of service shall be
determined according to said schedule:
Annual or Monthly Basis: Service during 4 months in any 1
calendar year;
Weekly Basis: Service during any 17 weeks of any 1 calendar
year, and service during any week shall constitute a week of
service;
Daily Basis: Service during 100 days in any 1 calendar
year, and service during any day shall constitute a day of
service;
Hourly Basis: Service during 800 hours in any 1 calendar
year, and service during any hour shall constitute an hour of
service.
(Source: P.A. 96-1490, eff. 1-1-11.)
(40 ILCS 5/14-103.10) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.10)
Sec. 14-103.10. Compensation.
(a) For periods of service prior to January 1, 1978, the
full rate of salary or wages payable to an employee for
personal services performed if he worked the full normal
working period for his position, subject to the following
maximum amounts: (1) prior to July 1, 1951, $400 per month or
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$4,800 per year; (2) between July 1, 1951 and June 30, 1957
inclusive, $625 per month or $7,500 per year; (3) beginning
July 1, 1957, no limitation.
In the case of service of an employee in a position
involving part-time employment, compensation shall be
determined according to the employees' earnings record.
(b) For periods of service on and after January 1, 1978,
all remuneration for personal services performed defined as
"wages" under the Social Security Enabling Act, including that
part of such remuneration which is in excess of any maximum
limitation provided in such Act, and including any benefits
received by an employee under a sick pay plan in effect before
January 1, 1981, but excluding lump sum salary payments:
(1) for vacation,
(2) for accumulated unused sick leave,
(3) upon discharge or dismissal,
(4) for approved holidays.
(c) For periods of service on or after December 16, 1978,
compensation also includes any benefits, other than lump sum
salary payments made at termination of employment, which an
employee receives or is eligible to receive under a sick pay
plan authorized by law.
(d) For periods of service after September 30, 1985,
compensation also includes any remuneration for personal
services not included as "wages" under the Social Security
Enabling Act, which is deducted for purposes of participation
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in a program established pursuant to Section 125 of the
Internal Revenue Code or its successor laws.
(e) For members for which Section 1-160 applies for periods
of service on and after January 1, 2011, all remuneration for
personal services performed defined as "wages" under the Social
Security Enabling Act, excluding remuneration that is in excess
of the annual earnings, salary, or wages of a member or
participant, as provided in subsection (b-5) of Section 1-160,
but including any benefits received by an employee under a sick
pay plan in effect before January 1, 1981. Compensation shall
exclude lump sum salary payments:
(1) for vacation;
(2) for accumulated unused sick leave;
(3) upon discharge or dismissal; and
(4) for approved holidays.
(f) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section,
for service on or after July 1, 2013, "compensation" does not
include any stipend payable to an employee for service on a
board or commission.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
for an employee who first becomes a participant on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly, "compensation" does not include any payments or
reimbursements for travel vouchers submitted more than 30 days
after the last day of travel for which the voucher is
submitted.
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(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the
annual compensation of a Tier 1 member for the purposes of this
Code shall not exceed, for periods of service on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly, the greater of (i) the annual limitation determined
from time to time under subsection (b-5) of Section 1-160 of
this Code, (ii) the annualized compensation of the Tier 1
member as of that effective date, or (iii) the annualized
compensation of the Tier 1 member immediately preceding the
expiration, renewal, or amendment of an employment contract or
collective bargaining agreement in effect on that effective
date.
(Source: P.A. 98-449, eff. 8-16-13.)
(40 ILCS 5/14-103.40 new)
Sec. 14-103.40. Tier 1 member. "Tier 1 member": A member
of this System who first became a member or participant before
January 1, 2011 under any reciprocal retirement system or
pension fund established under this Code other than a
retirement system or pension fund established under Article 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, or 18 of this Code.
(40 ILCS 5/14-104.3) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104.3)
Sec. 14-104.3. Notwithstanding provisions contained in
Section 14-103.10, any person who first becomes a member before
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
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Assembly and who at the time of retirement and after December
6, 1983 receives compensation in a lump sum for accumulated
vacation, sickness, or personal business may receive service
credit for such periods by making contributions within 90 days
of withdrawal, based on the rate of compensation in effect
immediately prior to retirement and the contribution rate then
in effect. Any person who first becomes a member on or after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly and who receives compensation in a lump sum for
accumulated vacation, sickness, or personal business may not
receive service credit for such periods. Exercising the option
provided in this Section shall not change a member's date of
withdrawal or final average compensation for purposes of
computing the amount or effective date of a retirement annuity.
Any annuitant who establishes service credit as herein provided
shall have his retirement annuity adjusted retroactively to the
date of retirement.
(Source: P.A. 83-1362.)
(40 ILCS 5/14-106) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-106)
Sec. 14-106. Membership service credit.
(a) After January 1, 1944, all service of a member since he
last became a member with respect to which contributions are
made shall count as membership service; provided, that for
service on and after July 1, 1950, 12 months of service shall
constitute a year of membership service, the completion of 15
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days or more of service during any month shall constitute 1
month of membership service, 8 to 15 days shall constitute 1/2
month of membership service and less than 8 days shall
constitute 1/4 month of membership service. The payroll record
of each department shall constitute conclusive evidence of the
record of service rendered by a member.
(b) For a member who is employed and paid on an
academic-year basis rather than on a 12-month annual basis,
employment for a full academic year shall constitute a full
year of membership service, except that the member shall not
receive more than one year of membership service credit (plus
any additional service credit granted for unused sick leave)
for service during any 12-month period. This subsection (b)
applies to all such service for which the member has not begun
to receive a retirement annuity before January 1, 2001.
(c) A person who first becomes a member before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly shall be entitled to additional service credit, under
rules prescribed by the Board, for accumulated unused sick
leave credited to his account in the last Department on the
date of withdrawal from service or for any period for which he
would have been eligible to receive benefits under a sick pay
plan authorized by law, if he had suffered a sickness or
accident on the date of withdrawal from service. It shall be
the responsibility of the last Department to certify to the
Board the length of time salary or benefits would have been
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paid to the member based upon the accumulated unused sick leave
or the applicable sick pay plan if he had become entitled
thereto because of sickness on the date that his status as an
employee terminated. This period of service credit granted
under this paragraph shall not be considered in determining the
date the retirement annuity is to begin, or final average
compensation.
(d) A person who first becomes a member on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly shall not be entitled to additional service credit for
accumulated unused sick leave.
(Source: P.A. 92-14, eff. 6-28-01.)
(40 ILCS 5/14-107) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-107)
Sec. 14-107. Retirement annuity - service and age -
conditions.
(a) A member is entitled to a retirement annuity after
having at least 8 years of creditable service.
(b) A member who has at least 35 years of creditable
service may claim his or her retirement annuity at any age. A
member having at least 8 years of creditable service but less
than 35 may claim his or her retirement annuity upon or after
attainment of age 60 or, beginning January 1, 2001, any lesser
age which, when added to the number of years of his or her
creditable service, equals at least 85. A member upon or after
attainment of age 55 having at least 25 years of creditable
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service (30 years if retirement is before January 1, 2001) may
elect to receive the lower retirement annuity provided in
paragraph (c) of Section 14-108 of this Code. For purposes of
the rule of 85, portions of years shall be counted in whole
months.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this Section, for a
Tier 1 member who begins receiving a retirement annuity under
this Section on or after July 1, 2014, the required retirement
age under subsection (b) is increased as follows, based on the
Tier 1 member's age on June 1, 2014:
(1) If he or she is at least age 46 on June 1, 2014,
then the required retirement ages under subsection (b)
remain unchanged.
(2) If he or she is at least age 45 but less than age 46
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (b) are increased by 4 months.
(3) If he or she is at least age 44 but less than age 45
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (b) are increased by 8 months.
(4) If he or she is at least age 43 but less than age 44
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (b) are increased by 12 months.
(5) If he or she is at least age 42 but less than age 43
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (b) are increased by 16 months.
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on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (b) are increased by 20 months.
(7) If he or she is at least age 40 but less than age 41
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (b) are increased by 24 months.
(8) If he or she is at least age 39 but less than age 40
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (b) are increased by 28 months.
(9) If he or she is at least age 38 but less than age 39
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (b) are increased by 32 months.
(10) If he or she is at least age 37 but less than age
38 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (b) are increased by 36 months.
(11) If he or she is at least age 36 but less than age
37 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (b) are increased by 40 months.
(12) If he or she is at least age 35 but less than age
36 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (b) are increased by 44 months.
(13) If he or she is at least age 34 but less than age
35 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (b) are increased by 48 months.
(14) If he or she is at least age 33 but less than age
34 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (b) are increased by 52 months.
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(15) If he or she is at least age 32 but less than age
33 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (b) are increased by 56 months.
(16) If he or she is less than age 32 on June 1, 2014,
then the required retirement ages under subsection (b) are
increased by 60 months.
Notwithstanding Section 1-103.1, this subsection (c)
applies without regard to whether or not the Tier 1 member is
in active service under this Article on or after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
(d) The allowance shall begin with the first full calendar
month specified in the member's application therefor, the first
day of which shall not be before the date of withdrawal as
approved by the board. Regardless of the date of withdrawal,
the allowance need not begin within one year of application
therefor.
(Source: P.A. 91-927, eff. 12-14-00.)
(40 ILCS 5/14-108) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-108)
Sec. 14-108. Amount of retirement annuity. A member who
has contributed to the System for at least 12 months shall be
entitled to a prior service annuity for each year of certified
prior service credited to him, except that a member shall
receive 1/3 of the prior service annuity for each year of
service for which contributions have been made and all of such
annuity shall be payable after the member has made
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contributions for a period of 3 years. Proportionate amounts
shall be payable for service of less than a full year after
completion of at least 12 months.
The total period of service to be considered in
establishing the measure of prior service annuity shall include
service credited in the Teachers' Retirement System of the
State of Illinois and the State Universities Retirement System
for which contributions have been made by the member to such
systems; provided that at least 1 year of the total period of 3
years prescribed for the allowance of a full measure of prior
service annuity shall consist of membership service in this
system for which credit has been granted.
(a) In the case of a member who retires on or after January
1, 1998 and is a noncovered employee, the retirement annuity
for membership service and prior service shall be 2.2% of final
average compensation for each year of service. Any service
credit established as a covered employee shall be computed as
stated in paragraph (b).
(b) In the case of a member who retires on or after January
1, 1998 and is a covered employee, the retirement annuity for
membership service and prior service shall be computed as
stated in paragraph (a) for all service credit established as a
noncovered employee; for service credit established as a
covered employee it shall be 1.67% of final average
compensation for each year of service.
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age 60 with at least 30 but less than 35 years of creditable
service if retirement is before January 1, 2001, or with at
least 25 but less than 30 years of creditable service if
retirement is on or after January 1, 2001, the retirement
annuity shall be reduced by 1/2 of 1% for each month that the
member's age is under age 60 at the time of retirement. For
members to whom subsection (c) of Section 14-107 applies, the
references to age 55 and 60 in this subsection (c) are
increased as provided in subsection (c) of Section 14-107.
(d) A retirement annuity shall not exceed 75% of final
average compensation, subject to such extension as may result
from the application of Section 14-114 or Section 14-115.
(e) The retirement annuity payable to any covered employee
who is a member of the System and in service on January 1,
1969, or in service thereafter in 1969 as a result of
legislation enacted by the Illinois General Assembly
transferring the member to State employment from county
employment in a county Department of Public Aid in counties of
3,000,000 or more population, under a plan of coordination with
the Old Age, Survivors and Disability provisions thereof, if
not fully insured for Old Age Insurance payments under the
Federal Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance provisions
at the date of acceptance of a retirement annuity, shall not be
less than the amount for which the member would have been
eligible if coordination were not applicable.
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who is a member of the System and in service on January 1,
1969, or in service thereafter in 1969 as a result of the
legislation designated in the immediately preceding paragraph,
if fully insured for Old Age Insurance payments under the
Federal Social Security Act at the date of acceptance of a
retirement annuity, shall not be less than an amount which when
added to the Primary Insurance Benefit payable to the member
upon attainment of age 65 under such Federal Act, will equal
the annuity which would otherwise be payable if the coordinated
plan of coverage were not applicable.
(g) In the case of a member who is a noncovered employee,
the retirement annuity for membership service as a security
employee of the Department of Corrections or security employee
of the Department of Human Services shall be: if retirement
occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of final average
compensation for each year of creditable service; or if
retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 1.9% of final average
compensation for each of the first 10 years of service, 2.1%
for each of the next 10 years of service, 2.25% for each year
of service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.5% for
each year in excess of 30; except that the annuity may be
calculated under subsection (a) rather than this subsection (g)
if the resulting annuity is greater.
(h) In the case of a member who is a covered employee, the
retirement annuity for membership service as a security
employee of the Department of Corrections or security employee
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of the Department of Human Services shall be: if retirement
occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 2.5% of final average
compensation for each year of creditable service; if retirement
occurs before January 1, 2001, 1.67% of final average
compensation for each of the first 10 years of service, 1.90%
for each of the next 10 years of service, 2.10% for each year
of service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
each year in excess of 30.
(i) For the purposes of this Section and Section 14-133 of
this Act, the term "security employee of the Department of
Corrections" and the term "security employee of the Department
of Human Services" shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
subsection (c) of Section 14-110.
(j) The retirement annuity computed pursuant to paragraphs
(g) or (h) shall be applicable only to those security employees
of the Department of Corrections and security employees of the
Department of Human Services who have at least 20 years of
membership service and who are not eligible for the alternative
retirement annuity provided under Section 14-110. However,
persons transferring to this System under Section 14-108.2 or
14-108.2c who have service credit under Article 16 of this Code
may count such service toward establishing their eligibility
under the 20-year service requirement of this subsection; but
such service may be used only for establishing such
eligibility, and not for the purpose of increasing or
calculating any benefit.
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(k) (Blank).
(l) The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act
of 1997 (changing certain retirement annuity formulas from a
stepped rate to a flat rate) apply to members who retire on or
after January 1, 1998, without regard to whether employment
terminated before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
1997. An annuity shall not be calculated in steps by using the
new flat rate for some steps and the superseded stepped rate
for other steps of the same type of service.
(Source: P.A. 91-927, eff. 12-14-00; 92-14, eff. 6-28-01.)
(40 ILCS 5/14-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
(a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less
than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has attained
age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service with not
less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and has
attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of either
of the specified ages occurs while the member is still in
service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, a
retirement annuity computed as follows:
(i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee: if
retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of final
average compensation for each year of creditable service;
if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2 1/4% of
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final average compensation for each of the first 10 years
of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above 10 years
to and including 20 years of creditable service, and 2 3/4%
for each year of creditable service above 20 years; and
(ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
each year in excess of 30.
Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
2001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
These rates shall not be applicable to any service
performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
(a-5) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, for a
Tier 1 member who begins receiving a retirement annuity under
this Section on or after July 1, 2014, the required retirement
age under subsection (a) is increased as follows, based on the
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Tier 1 member's age on June 1, 2014:
(1) If he or she is at least age 46 on June 1, 2014,
then the required retirement ages under subsection (a)
remain unchanged.
(2) If he or she is at least age 45 but less than age 46
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 4 months.
(3) If he or she is at least age 44 but less than age 45
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 8 months.
(4) If he or she is at least age 43 but less than age 44
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 12 months.
(5) If he or she is at least age 42 but less than age 43
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 16 months.
(6) If he or she is at least age 41 but less than age 42
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 20 months.
(7) If he or she is at least age 40 but less than age 41
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 24 months.
(8) If he or she is at least age 39 but less than age 40
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 28 months.
(9) If he or she is at least age 38 but less than age 39
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on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 32 months.
(10) If he or she is at least age 37 but less than age
38 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 36 months.
(11) If he or she is at least age 36 but less than age
37 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 40 months.
(12) If he or she is at least age 35 but less than age
36 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 44 months.
(13) If he or she is at least age 34 but less than age
35 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 48 months.
(14) If he or she is at least age 33 but less than age
34 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 52 months.
(15) If he or she is at least age 32 but less than age
33 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 56 months.
(16) If he or she is less than age 32 on June 1, 2014,
then the required retirement ages under subsection (a) are
increased by 60 months.
Notwithstanding Section 1-103.1, this subsection (a-5)
applies without regard to whether or not the Tier 1 member is
in active service under this Article on or after the effective
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date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
(b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
service" means creditable service resulting from service in one
or more of the following positions:
(1) State policeman;
(2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
department;
(3) air pilot;
(4) special agent;
(5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
(6) conservation police officer;
(7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
Illinois Gaming Board;
(8) security employee of the Department of Human
Services;
(9) Central Management Services security police
officer;
(10) security employee of the Department of
Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
(11) dangerous drugs investigator;
(12) investigator for the Department of State Police;
(13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
General;
(14) controlled substance inspector;
(15) investigator for the Office of the State's
Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
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(16) Commerce Commission police officer;
(17) arson investigator;
(18) State highway maintenance worker.
A person employed in one of the positions specified in this
subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
training is required of persons serving in that position. For
the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
police training course shall be deemed performance of the
duties of the specified position, even though the person is not
a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
(c) For the purposes of this Section:
(1) The term "state policeman" includes any title or
position in the Department of State Police that is held by
an individual employed under the State Police Act.
(2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
service of a department" includes all officers in such fire
protection service including fire chiefs and assistant
fire chiefs.
(3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
official job description on file in the Department of
Central Management Services, or in the department by which
he is employed if that department is not covered by the
Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
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operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's license;
however, the change in this definition made by this
amendatory Act of 1983 shall not operate to exclude any
noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the purposes
of this Section on January 1, 1984.
(4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, or any
other Division or organizational entity in the Department
of State Police is vested by law with duties to maintain
public order, investigate violations of the criminal law of
this State, enforce the laws of this State, make arrests
and recover property. The term "special agent" includes any
title or position in the Department of State Police that is
held by an individual employed under the State Police Act.
(5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary of
State and vested with such investigative duties as render
him ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act
by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
218(l)(1) of that Act.
A person who became employed as an investigator for the
Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and December 31,
1975, and who has served as such until attainment of age
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60, either continuously or with a single break in service
of not more than 3 years duration, which break terminated
before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled to have his
retirement annuity calculated in accordance with
subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than 20
years of credit for such service.
(6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
Conservation Police Administrator.
(7) The term "investigator for the Department of
Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as render
him ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act
by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
218(l)(1) of that Act.
The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming
Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
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218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
(8) The term "security employee of the Department of
Human Services" means any person employed by the Department
of Human Services who (i) is employed at the Chester Mental
Health Center and has daily contact with the residents
thereof, (ii) is employed within a security unit at a
facility operated by the Department and has daily contact
with the residents of the security unit, (iii) is employed
at a facility operated by the Department that includes a
security unit and is regularly scheduled to work at least
50% of his or her working hours within that security unit,
or (iv) is a mental health police officer. "Mental health
police officer" means any person employed by the Department
of Human Services in a position pertaining to the
Department's mental health and developmental disabilities
functions who is vested with such law enforcement duties as
render the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit"
means that portion of a facility that is devoted to the
care, containment, and treatment of persons committed to
the Department of Human Services as sexually violent
persons, persons unfit to stand trial, or persons not
guilty by reason of insanity. With respect to past
employment, references to the Department of Human Services
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and Developmental Disabilities.
The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
(9) "Central Management Services security police
officer" means any person employed by the Department of
Central Management Services who is vested with such law
enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
(10) For a member who first became an employee under
this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department
of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the Department
of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice or the
former Department of Personnel, and any member or employee
of the Prisoner Review Board, who has daily contact with
inmates or youth by working within a correctional facility
or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of Juvenile
Justice or who is a parole officer or an employee who has
direct contact with committed persons in the performance of
his or her job duties. For a member who first becomes an
employee under this Article on or after July 1, 2005, the
term means an employee of the Department of Corrections or
the Department of Juvenile Justice who is any of the
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facility or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of
Juvenile Justice, (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of
the apprehension unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence
unit, (v) a member of the sort team, or (vi) an
investigator.
(11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
Services.
(12) The term "investigator for the Department of State
Police" means a person employed by the Department of State
Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
(13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
General" means any person who is employed as such by the
Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
persons who were employed as investigators by the Office of
the Attorney General, without regard to social security
status.
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who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
"controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
Executive of Enforcement.
(15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
employed in that capacity on a full time basis under the
authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
(16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
218(l)(1) of that Act.
(17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who was
employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and is
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no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
employment as an arson investigator into eligible
creditable service by paying to the System the difference
between the employee contributions actually paid for that
service and the amounts that would have been contributed if
the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable to
persons with the same social security status earning
eligible creditable service on the date of application.
(18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
a person who is either of the following:
(i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
construction equipment operator, power shovel
operator, or bridge mechanic; and whose principal
responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
condition for vehicular traffic.
(ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
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H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
traffic.
(d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections or
the Department of Juvenile Justice, and a security employee of
the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
police officer, shall not be eligible for the alternative
retirement annuity provided by this Section unless he or she
meets the following minimum age and service requirements at the
time of retirement:
(i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age 55;
or
(ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
creditable service and age 55; or
(iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
creditable service and age 55; or
(iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
creditable service and age 55; or
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(v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
creditable service and age 55; or
(vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
creditable service and age 55.
For members to whom subsection (a-5) of this Section
applies, the references to age 50 and 55 in item (vi) of this
subsection are increased as provided in subsection (a-5).
Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
Department of Human Services in a position requiring
certification as a teacher may count such service toward
establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
of this Section; but such service may be used only for
establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
increasing or calculating any benefit.
(e) If a member enters military service while working in a
position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
and returns to State service in the same or another such
position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
in this Section.
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(f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
1968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
employee contributions that would have been required for such
service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount specified in item
(1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
1968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall be
deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee, provided
that the employee pays to the System prior to retirement an
amount equal to (1) the difference between the employee
contributions that would have been required for such service as
a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee contributions
actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after January 1,
1990, regular interest on the amount specified in item (1) from
the date of service to the date of payment.
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1990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an
amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
difference between the amount of employee and employer
contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
date of payment.
Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
(i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
and the amounts that would have been contributed had those
contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
date of payment.
(h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
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to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon
at the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from
the date of service to the date of payment.
Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that would
have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon
at the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from
the date of service to the date of payment.
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policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a police
officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a
sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member of
the county police department under Article 9, or a police
officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the
Board and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4
and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
date of payment.
Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to
establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of
service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
7, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months
after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745)
and paying to the System an amount to be determined by the
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Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the
amounts that would have been contributed had such contributions
been made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii)
interest thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year,
compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
payment.
Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the
Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of
State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for up
to 5 years of service as a person employed by a participating
municipality to perform police duties, or law enforcement
officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest preserve
district under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a
court services officer under Article 9, by filing a written
election with the Board within 6 months after August 25, 2009
(the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and paying to the
System an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i)
the difference between the amount of employee and employer
contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8
and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed
had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
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assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
of service to the date of payment.
(i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j), (k),
and (l) of this Section shall not exceed 12 years.
(j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his
service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount to
be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference between
the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8, and the amounts
that would have been contributed had such contributions been
made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (2)
interest thereon at the effective rate for each year,
compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
payment.
(k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to establish
eligible creditable service for periods spent as a full-time
law enforcement officer or full-time corrections officer
employed by the federal government or by a state or local
government located outside of Illinois, for which credit is not
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held in any other public employee pension fund or retirement
system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must file a
written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
to (1) employee contributions for the credit being established,
based upon the applicant's salary on the first day as an
alternative formula employee after the employment for which
credit is being established and the rates then applicable to
alternative formula employees, plus (2) an amount determined by
the Board to be the employer's normal cost of the benefits
accrued for the credit being established, plus (3) regular
interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2) from the first day
as an alternative formula employee after the employment for
which credit is being established to the date of payment.
(l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a security
employee of the Department of Corrections may elect, not later
than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable service for
up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman under
Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
applicable to security employees of the Department of
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Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
the date of payment.
(m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by this
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply only to: (1)
security employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice
employed by the Department of Corrections before the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and
transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice by this
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly; and (2) persons
employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
Assembly who are required by subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15
of the Unified Code of Corrections to have a bachelor's or
advanced degree from an accredited college or university with a
specialization in criminal justice, education, psychology,
social work, or a closely related social science or, in the
case of persons who provide vocational training, who are
required to have adequate knowledge in the skill for which they
are providing the vocational training.
(n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b) of
this Section who has purchased service credit under subsection
(j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section 14-105 in
any other capacity under this Article may convert up to 5 years
of that service credit into service credit covered under this
Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1) the
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additional employee contribution required under Section
14-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
the date of payment.
(Source: P.A. 95-530, eff. 8-28-07; 95-1036, eff. 2-17-09;
96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-745, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff.
7-2-10.)
(40 ILCS 5/14-114) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-114)
Sec. 14-114. Automatic increase in retirement annuity.
(a) This subsection (a) is subject to subsections (a-1) and
(a-2) of this Section. Any person receiving a retirement
annuity under this Article who retires having attained age 60,
or who retires before age 60 having at least 35 years of
creditable service, or who retires on or after January 1, 2001
at an age which, when added to the number of years of his or her
creditable service, equals at least 85, shall, on January 1
next following the first full year of retirement, have the
amount of the then fixed and payable monthly retirement annuity
increased 3%. Any person receiving a retirement annuity under
this Article who retires before attainment of age 60 and with
less than (i) 35 years of creditable service if retirement is
before January 1, 2001, or (ii) the number of years of
creditable service which, when added to the member's age, would
equal 85, if retirement is on or after January 1, 2001, shall
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have the amount of the fixed and payable retirement annuity
increased by 3% on the January 1 occurring on or next following
(1) attainment of age 60, or (2) the first anniversary of
retirement, whichever occurs later. However, for persons who
receive the alternative retirement annuity under Section
14-110, references in this subsection (a) to attainment of age
60 shall be deemed to refer to attainment of age 55. For a
person receiving early retirement incentives under Section
14-108.3 whose retirement annuity began after January 1, 1992
pursuant to an extension granted under subsection (e) of that
Section, the first anniversary of retirement shall be deemed to
be January 1, 1993. For a person who retires on or after June
28, 2001 and on or before October 1, 2001, and whose retirement
annuity is calculated, in whole or in part, under Section
14-110 or subsection (g) or (h) of Section 14-108, the first
anniversary of retirement shall be deemed to be January 1,
2002.
On each January 1 following the date of the initial
increase under this subsection, the employee's monthly
retirement annuity shall be increased by an additional 3%.
Beginning January 1, 1990, all automatic annual increases
payable under this Section shall be calculated as a percentage
of the total annuity payable at the time of the increase,
including previous increases granted under this Article.
(a-1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), but subject to the
provisions of subsection (a-2), all automatic increases
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payable under subsection (a) on or after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall be
calculated as 3% of the lesser of (1) the total annuity payable
at the time of the increase, including previous increases
granted, or (2) $800 ($1,000 for portions of the annuity based
on service as a noncovered employee) multiplied by the number
of years of creditable service upon which the annuity is based.
Beginning January 1, 2016, the $800 ($1,000 for portions of
the annuity based on service as a noncovered employee) referred
in item (2) of this subsection (a-1) shall be increased on each
January 1 by the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not
less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
ending with the preceding September; these adjustments shall be
cumulative and compounded. For the purposes of this subsection
(a-1), "consumer price index-u" means the index published by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department
of Labor that measures the average change in prices of goods
and services purchased by all urban consumers, United States
city average, all items, 1982-84 = 100. The new dollar amount
resulting from each annual adjustment shall be determined by
the Public Pension Division of the Department of Insurance and
made available to the System by November 1 of each year.
This subsection (a-1) is applicable without regard to
whether the person is in service on or after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
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active or inactive Tier 1 member who has not begun to receive a
retirement annuity under this Article before July 1, 2014:
(1) the second automatic annual increase payable under
subsection (a) shall be at the rate of 0% of the total
annuity payable at the time of the increase if he or she is
at least age 50 on the effective date of this amendatory
Act;
(2) the second, fourth, and sixth automatic annual
increases payable under subsection (a) shall be at the rate
of 0% of the total annuity payable at the time of the
increase if he or she is at least age 47 but less than age
50 on the effective date of this amendatory Act;
(3) the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth automatic
annual increases payable under subsection (a) shall be at
the rate of 0% of the total annuity payable at the time of
the increase if he or she is at least age 44 but less than
age 47 on the effective date of this amendatory Act; and
(4) the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, and tenth
automatic annual increases payable under subsection (a)
shall be at the rate of 0% of the total annuity payable at
the time of the increase if he or she is less than age 44 on
the effective date of this amendatory Act.
For the purposes of Section 1-103.1, this subsection (a-2)
is applicable without regard to whether the person is in
service on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 98th General Assembly.
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(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this Section shall
be applicable to an employee only if the employee makes the
additional contributions required after December 31, 1969 for
the purpose of the automatic increases for not less than the
equivalent of one full year. If an employee becomes an
annuitant before his additional contributions equal one full
year's contributions based on his salary at the date of
retirement, the employee may pay the necessary balance of the
contributions to the system, without interest, and be eligible
for the increasing annuity authorized by this Section.
(c) The provisions of subsection (a) of this Section shall
not be applicable to any annuitant who is on retirement on
December 31, 1969, and thereafter returns to State service,
unless the member has established at least one year of
additional creditable service following reentry into service.
(d) In addition to other increases which may be provided by
this Section, on January 1, 1981 any annuitant who was
receiving a retirement annuity on or before January 1, 1971
shall have his retirement annuity then being paid increased $1
per month for each year of creditable service. On January 1,
1982, any annuitant who began receiving a retirement annuity on
or before January 1, 1977, shall have his retirement annuity
then being paid increased $1 per month for each year of
creditable service.
On January 1, 1987, any annuitant who began receiving a
retirement annuity on or before January 1, 1977, shall have the
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monthly retirement annuity increased by an amount equal to 8¢
per year of creditable service times the number of years that
have elapsed since the annuity began.
(e) Every person who receives the alternative retirement
annuity under Section 14-110 and who is eligible to receive the
3% increase under subsection (a) on January 1, 1986, shall also
receive on that date a one-time increase in retirement annuity
equal to the difference between (1) his actual retirement
annuity on that date, including any increases received under
subsection (a), and (2) the amount of retirement annuity he
would have received on that date if the amendments to
subsection (a) made by Public Act 84-162 had been in effect
since the date of his retirement.
(Source: P.A. 91-927, eff. 12-14-00; 92-14, eff. 6-28-01;
92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
(40 ILCS 5/14-115) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-115)
Sec. 14-115. Supplemental Annuity.
(a) Each annuitant, who retired at age 55 or over and after
the completion of at least 15 years of creditable service,
whose status as an employee terminated before January 1, 1970,
is entitled to a monthly supplemental annuity effective January
1, 1970, or on January 1 nearest the annuitant's 65th birthday,
whichever is later. Such supplemental annuity shall be 1-1/2%
of the monthly retirement annuity, multiplied by the number of
full years which elapsed from the date of the member's latest
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retirement to the effective date of the supplemental annuity.
This monthly supplemental annuity shall be increased on each
January 1 thereafter during the lifetime of the annuitant by
1-1/2% of the monthly retirement annuity disregarding any
supplemental annuity previously granted. Beginning January 1,
1972, the rate of increase in the supplemental annuity shall be
2%. Beginning January 1, 1979, the rate of increase in the
supplemental annuity shall be 3%.
The supplemental annuity under this subsection is payable
only if the annuitant pays to the System, in a single sum, an
amount equal to 1% of his monthly final average compensation
multiplied by the number of full years of creditable service.
(b) Any member who retired with less than 15 years of
creditable service whose status as an employee terminated
before January 1, 1970, shall be entitled to an increase of 3%
of the original monthly retirement allowance, effective
January 1, 1982, or on January 1 nearest the annuitant's 65th
birthday, whichever is later. On each January 1 thereafter
during the lifetime of the member, he shall be entitled to an
additional increase of 3% of the original monthly retirement
allowance. No qualifying contribution is required for the
supplemental annuity under this subsection.
(c) Beginning January 1, 1990, all automatic annual
increases payable under this Section shall be calculated as a
percentage of the total monthly amount of annuity payable at
the time of the increase, including any supplemental annuity or
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other increase previously granted under this Article.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
all increases payable under this Section on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly shall be calculated as 3% of the lesser of (1) the
total annuity payable at the time of the increase, including
previous increases granted, or (2) $800 ($1,000 for portions of
the annuity based on service as a noncovered employee)
multiplied by the number of years of creditable service upon
which the annuity is based.
Beginning January 1, 2016, the $800 ($1,000 for portions of
the annuity based on service as a noncovered employee) referred
in item (2) of this subsection (d) shall be increased on each
January 1 by the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not
less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
ending with the preceding September; these adjustments shall be
cumulative and compounded. For the purposes of this subsection
(d), "consumer price index-u" means the index published by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of
Labor that measures the average change in prices of goods and
services purchased by all urban consumers, United States city
average, all items, 1982-84 = 100. The new dollar amount
resulting from each annual adjustment shall be determined by
the Public Pension Division of the Department of Insurance and
made available to the System by November 1 of each year.
This subsection (d) is applicable without regard to whether
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the person is in service on or after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 86-273.)
(40 ILCS 5/14-131)
Sec. 14-131. Contributions by State.
(a) The State shall make contributions to the System by
appropriations of amounts which, together with other employer
contributions from trust, federal, and other funds, employee
contributions, investment income, and other income, will be
sufficient to meet the cost of maintaining and administering
the System on a 100% 90% funded basis in accordance with
actuarial recommendations by the end of State fiscal year 2044.
For the purposes of this Section and Section 14-135.08,
references to State contributions refer only to employer
contributions and do not include employee contributions that
are picked up or otherwise paid by the State or a department on
behalf of the employee.
(b) The Board shall determine the total amount of State
contributions required for each fiscal year on the basis of the
actuarial tables and other assumptions adopted by the Board,
using the formula in subsection (e).
The Board shall also determine a State contribution rate
for each fiscal year, expressed as a percentage of payroll,
based on the total required State contribution for that fiscal
year (less the amount received by the System from
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appropriations under Section 8.12 of the State Finance Act and
Section 1 of the State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation
Act, if any, for the fiscal year ending on the June 30
immediately preceding the applicable November 15 certification
deadline), the estimated payroll (including all forms of
compensation) for personal services rendered by eligible
employees, and the recommendations of the actuary.
For the purposes of this Section and Section 14.1 of the
State Finance Act, the term "eligible employees" includes
employees who participate in the System, persons who may elect
to participate in the System but have not so elected, persons
who are serving a qualifying period that is required for
participation, and annuitants employed by a department as
described in subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2) of Section 14-111.
(c) Contributions shall be made by the several departments
for each pay period by warrants drawn by the State Comptroller
against their respective funds or appropriations based upon
vouchers stating the amount to be so contributed. These amounts
shall be based on the full rate certified by the Board under
Section 14-135.08 for that fiscal year. From the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly through the
payment of the final payroll from fiscal year 2004
appropriations, the several departments shall not make
contributions for the remainder of fiscal year 2004 but shall
instead make payments as required under subsection (a-1) of
Section 14.1 of the State Finance Act. The several departments
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shall resume those contributions at the commencement of fiscal
year 2005.
(c-1) Notwithstanding subsection (c) of this Section, for
fiscal years 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014 only, contributions by
the several departments are not required to be made for General
Revenue Funds payrolls processed by the Comptroller. Payrolls
paid by the several departments from all other State funds must
continue to be processed pursuant to subsection (c) of this
Section.
(c-2) For State fiscal years 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014
only, on or as soon as possible after the 15th day of each
month, the Board shall submit vouchers for payment of State
contributions to the System, in a total monthly amount of
one-twelfth of the fiscal year General Revenue Fund
contribution as certified by the System pursuant to Section
14-135.08 of the Illinois Pension Code.
(d) If an employee is paid from trust funds or federal
funds, the department or other employer shall pay employer
contributions from those funds to the System at the certified
rate, unless the terms of the trust or the federal-State
agreement preclude the use of the funds for that purpose, in
which case the required employer contributions shall be paid by
the State. From the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 93rd General Assembly through the payment of the final
payroll from fiscal year 2004 appropriations, the department or
other employer shall not pay contributions for the remainder of
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fiscal year 2004 but shall instead make payments as required
under subsection (a-1) of Section 14.1 of the State Finance
Act. The department or other employer shall resume payment of
contributions at the commencement of fiscal year 2005.
(e) For State fiscal years 2015 through 2044, the minimum
contribution to the System to be made by the State for each
fiscal year shall be an amount determined by the System to be
equal to the sum of (1) the State's portion of the projected
normal cost for that fiscal year, plus (2) an amount sufficient
to bring the total assets of the System up to 100% of the total
actuarial liabilities of the System by the end of State fiscal
year 2044. In making these determinations, the required State
contribution shall be calculated each year as a level
percentage of payroll over the years remaining to and including
fiscal year 2044 and shall be determined under the projected
unit cost method for fiscal year 2015 and under the entry age
normal actuarial cost method for fiscal years 2016 through
2044.
For State fiscal years 2012 through 2014 2045, the minimum
contribution to the System to be made by the State for each
fiscal year shall be an amount determined by the System to be
sufficient to bring the total assets of the System up to 90% of
the total actuarial liabilities of the System by the end of
State fiscal year 2045. In making these determinations, the
required State contribution shall be calculated each year as a
level percentage of payroll over the years remaining to and
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including fiscal year 2045 and shall be determined under the
projected unit credit actuarial cost method.
For State fiscal years 1996 through 2005, the State
contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is contributing at
the rate required under this Section; except that (i) for State
fiscal year 1998, for all purposes of this Code and any other
law of this State, the certified percentage of the applicable
employee payroll shall be 5.052% for employees earning eligible
creditable service under Section 14-110 and 6.500% for all
other employees, notwithstanding any contrary certification
made under Section 14-135.08 before the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1997, and (ii) in the following specified
State fiscal years, the State contribution to the System shall
not be less than the following indicated percentages of the
applicable employee payroll, even if the indicated percentage
will produce a State contribution in excess of the amount
otherwise required under this subsection and subsection (a):
9.8% in FY 1999; 10.0% in FY 2000; 10.2% in FY 2001; 10.4% in FY
2002; 10.6% in FY 2003; and 10.8% in FY 2004.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution to the System for State
fiscal year 2006 is $203,783,900.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution to the System for State
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fiscal year 2007 is $344,164,400.
For each of State fiscal years 2008 through 2009, the State
contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
from the required State contribution for State fiscal year
2007, so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State General Revenue Fund contribution for
State fiscal year 2010 is $723,703,100 and shall be made from
the proceeds of bonds sold in fiscal year 2010 pursuant to
Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the
pro rata share of bond sale expenses determined by the System's
share of total bond proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from
the General Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2010, and (iii) any
reduction in bond proceeds due to the issuance of discounted
bonds, if applicable.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State General Revenue Fund contribution for
State fiscal year 2011 is the amount recertified by the System
on or before April 1, 2011 pursuant to Section 14-135.08 and
shall be made from the proceeds of bonds sold in fiscal year
2011 pursuant to Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act, less (i) the pro rata share of bond sale expenses
determined by the System's share of total bond proceeds, (ii)
any amounts received from the General Revenue Fund in fiscal
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year 2011, and (iii) any reduction in bond proceeds due to the
issuance of discounted bonds, if applicable.
Beginning in State fiscal year 2045, the minimum State
contribution for each fiscal year shall be the amount needed to
maintain the total assets of the System at 100% of the total
actuarial liabilities of the System.
Beginning in State fiscal year 2046, the minimum State
contribution for each fiscal year shall be the amount needed to
maintain the total assets of the System at 90% of the total
actuarial liabilities of the System.
Amounts received by the System pursuant to Section 25 of
the Budget Stabilization Act or Section 8.12 of the State
Finance Act in any fiscal year do not reduce and do not
constitute payment of any portion of the minimum State
contribution required under this Article in that fiscal year.
Such amounts shall not reduce, and shall not be included in the
calculation of, the required State contributions under this
Article in any future year until the System has reached a
funding ratio of at least 100% 90%. A reference in this Article
to the "required State contribution" or any substantially
similar term does not include or apply to any amounts payable
to the System under Section 25 of the Budget Stabilization Act.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
required State contribution for State fiscal year 2005 and for
fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter through State
fiscal year 2014, as calculated under this Section and
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certified under Section 14-135.08, shall not exceed an amount
equal to (i) the amount of the required State contribution that
would have been calculated under this Section for that fiscal
year if the System had not received any payments under
subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act, minus (ii) the portion of the State's total debt service
payments for that fiscal year on the bonds issued in fiscal
year 2003 for the purposes of that Section 7.2, as determined
and certified by the Comptroller, that is the same as the
System's portion of the total moneys distributed under
subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act. In determining this maximum for State fiscal years 2008
through 2010, however, the amount referred to in item (i) shall
be increased, as a percentage of the applicable employee
payroll, in equal increments calculated from the sum of the
required State contribution for State fiscal year 2007 plus the
applicable portion of the State's total debt service payments
for fiscal year 2007 on the bonds issued in fiscal year 2003
for the purposes of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act, so that, by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
(f) After the submission of all payments for eligible
employees from personal services line items in fiscal year 2004
have been made, the Comptroller shall provide to the System a
certification of the sum of all fiscal year 2004 expenditures
for personal services that would have been covered by payments
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to the System under this Section if the provisions of this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly had not been
enacted. Upon receipt of the certification, the System shall
determine the amount due to the System based on the full rate
certified by the Board under Section 14-135.08 for fiscal year
2004 in order to meet the State's obligation under this
Section. The System shall compare this amount due to the amount
received by the System in fiscal year 2004 through payments
under this Section and under Section 6z-61 of the State Finance
Act. If the amount due is more than the amount received, the
difference shall be termed the "Fiscal Year 2004 Shortfall" for
purposes of this Section, and the Fiscal Year 2004 Shortfall
shall be satisfied under Section 1.2 of the State Pension Funds
Continuing Appropriation Act. If the amount due is less than
the amount received, the difference shall be termed the "Fiscal
Year 2004 Overpayment" for purposes of this Section, and the
Fiscal Year 2004 Overpayment shall be repaid by the System to
the Pension Contribution Fund as soon as practicable after the
certification.
(g) For purposes of determining the required State
contribution to the System, the value of the System's assets
shall be equal to the actuarial value of the System's assets,
which shall be calculated as follows:
As of June 30, 2008, the actuarial value of the System's
assets shall be equal to the market value of the assets as of
that date. In determining the actuarial value of the System's
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assets for fiscal years after June 30, 2008, any actuarial
gains or losses from investment return incurred in a fiscal
year shall be recognized in equal annual amounts over the
5-year period following that fiscal year.
(h) For purposes of determining the required State
contribution to the System for a particular year, the actuarial
value of assets shall be assumed to earn a rate of return equal
to the System's actuarially assumed rate of return.
(i) After the submission of all payments for eligible
employees from personal services line items paid from the
General Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2010 have been made, the
Comptroller shall provide to the System a certification of the
sum of all fiscal year 2010 expenditures for personal services
that would have been covered by payments to the System under
this Section if the provisions of this amendatory Act of the
96th General Assembly had not been enacted. Upon receipt of the
certification, the System shall determine the amount due to the
System based on the full rate certified by the Board under
Section 14-135.08 for fiscal year 2010 in order to meet the
State's obligation under this Section. The System shall compare
this amount due to the amount received by the System in fiscal
year 2010 through payments under this Section. If the amount
due is more than the amount received, the difference shall be
termed the "Fiscal Year 2010 Shortfall" for purposes of this
Section, and the Fiscal Year 2010 Shortfall shall be satisfied
under Section 1.2 of the State Pension Funds Continuing
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Appropriation Act. If the amount due is less than the amount
received, the difference shall be termed the "Fiscal Year 2010
Overpayment" for purposes of this Section, and the Fiscal Year
2010 Overpayment shall be repaid by the System to the General
Revenue Fund as soon as practicable after the certification.
(j) After the submission of all payments for eligible
employees from personal services line items paid from the
General Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2011 have been made, the
Comptroller shall provide to the System a certification of the
sum of all fiscal year 2011 expenditures for personal services
that would have been covered by payments to the System under
this Section if the provisions of this amendatory Act of the
96th General Assembly had not been enacted. Upon receipt of the
certification, the System shall determine the amount due to the
System based on the full rate certified by the Board under
Section 14-135.08 for fiscal year 2011 in order to meet the
State's obligation under this Section. The System shall compare
this amount due to the amount received by the System in fiscal
year 2011 through payments under this Section. If the amount
due is more than the amount received, the difference shall be
termed the "Fiscal Year 2011 Shortfall" for purposes of this
Section, and the Fiscal Year 2011 Shortfall shall be satisfied
under Section 1.2 of the State Pension Funds Continuing
Appropriation Act. If the amount due is less than the amount
received, the difference shall be termed the "Fiscal Year 2011
Overpayment" for purposes of this Section, and the Fiscal Year
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2011 Overpayment shall be repaid by the System to the General
Revenue Fund as soon as practicable after the certification.
(k) For fiscal years 2012 through 2014 only, after the
submission of all payments for eligible employees from personal
services line items paid from the General Revenue Fund in the
fiscal year have been made, the Comptroller shall provide to
the System a certification of the sum of all expenditures in
the fiscal year for personal services. Upon receipt of the
certification, the System shall determine the amount due to the
System based on the full rate certified by the Board under
Section 14-135.08 for the fiscal year in order to meet the
State's obligation under this Section. The System shall compare
this amount due to the amount received by the System for the
fiscal year. If the amount due is more than the amount
received, the difference shall be termed the "Prior Fiscal Year
Shortfall" for purposes of this Section, and the Prior Fiscal
Year Shortfall shall be satisfied under Section 1.2 of the
State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act. If the amount
due is less than the amount received, the difference shall be
termed the "Prior Fiscal Year Overpayment" for purposes of this
Section, and the Prior Fiscal Year Overpayment shall be repaid
by the System to the General Revenue Fund as soon as
practicable after the certification.
(Source: P.A. 97-72, eff. 7-1-11; 97-732, eff. 6-30-12; 98-24,
eff. 6-19-13.)
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(40 ILCS 5/14-132) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-132)
Sec. 14-132. Obligations of State; funding guarantee.
(a) The payment of the required department contributions,
all allowances, annuities, benefits granted under this
Article, and all expenses of administration of the system are
obligations of the State of Illinois to the extent specified in
this Article.
(b) All income of the system shall be credited to a
separate account for this system in the State treasury and
shall be used to pay allowances, annuities, benefits and
administration expense.
(c) Beginning July 1, 2014, the State shall be obligated to
contribute to the System in each State fiscal year an amount
not less than the sum of (i) the State's normal cost for the
year and (ii) the portion of the unfunded accrued liability
assigned to that year by law. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, if the State fails to pay an amount required
under this subsection, it shall be the obligation of the Board
to seek payment of the required amount in compliance with the
provisions of this Section and, if the amount remains unpaid,
to bring a mandamus action in the Supreme Court of Illinois to
compel the State to make the required payment.
If the System submits a voucher for contributions required
under Section 14-131 and the State fails to pay that voucher
within 90 days of its receipt, the Board shall submit a written
request to the Comptroller seeking payment. A copy of the
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request shall be filed with the Secretary of State, and the
Secretary of State shall provide a copy to the Governor and
General Assembly. No earlier than the 16th day after the System
files the request with the Comptroller and Secretary of State,
if the amount remains unpaid the Board shall commence a
mandamus action in the Supreme Court of Illinois to compel the
Comptroller to satisfy the voucher.
This subsection (c) constitutes an express waiver of the
State's sovereign immunity solely to the extent that it permits
the Board to commence a mandamus action in the Supreme Court of
Illinois to compel the Comptroller to pay a voucher for the
contributions required under Section 14-131.
(d) Beginning in State fiscal year 2016, the State shall be
obligated to make the transfers set forth in subsections (c-5)
and (c-10) of Section 20 of the Budget Stabilization Act and to
pay to the System its proportionate share of the transferred
amounts in accordance with Section 25 of the Budget
Stabilization Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
if the State fails to transfer an amount required under this
subsection or to pay to the System its proportionate share of
the transferred amount in accordance with Section 25 of the
Budget Stabilization Act, it shall be the obligation of the
Board to seek transfer or payment of the required amount in
compliance with the provisions of this Section and, if the
required amount remains untransferred or the required payment
remains unpaid, to bring a mandamus action in the Supreme Court
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of Illinois to compel the State to make the required transfer
or payment or both, as the case may be.
If the State fails to make a transfer required under
subsection (c-5) or (c-10) of Section 20 of the Budget
Stabilization Act or a payment to the System required under
Section 25 of that Act, the Board shall submit a written
request to the Comptroller seeking payment. A copy of the
request shall be filed with the Secretary of State, and the
Secretary of State shall provide a copy to the Governor and
General Assembly. No earlier than the 16th day after the System
files the request with the Comptroller and Secretary of State,
if the required amount remains untransferred or the required
payment remains unpaid, the Board shall commence a mandamus
action in the Supreme Court of Illinois to compel the
Comptroller to make the required transfer or payment or both,
as the case may be.
This subsection (d) constitutes an express waiver of the
State's sovereign immunity solely to the extent that it permits
the Board to commence a mandamus action in the Supreme Court of
Illinois to compel the Comptroller to make a transfer required
under subsection (c-5) or (c-10) of Section 20 of the Budget
Stabilization Act and to pay to the System its proportionate
share of the transferred amount in accordance with Section 25
of the Budget Stabilization Act.
The obligations created by this subsection (d) expire when
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the Budget Stabilization Act have been met.
(e) Any payments and transfers required to be made by the
State pursuant to subsection (c) or (d) are expressly
subordinate to the payment of the principal, interest, and
premium, if any, on any bonded debt obligation of the State or
any other State-created entity, either currently outstanding
or to be issued, for which the source of repayment or security
thereon is derived directly or indirectly from tax revenues
collected by the State or any other State-created entity.
Payments on such bonded obligations include any statutory fund
transfers or other prefunding mechanisms or formulas set forth,
now or hereafter, in State law or bond indentures, into debt
service funds or accounts of the State related to such bond
obligations, consistent with the payment schedules associated
with such obligations.
(Source: P.A. 80-841.)
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Sec. 14-133. Contributions on behalf of members.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (a-5), each Each
participating employee shall make contributions to the System,
based on the employee's compensation, as follows:
(1) Covered employees, except as indicated below, 3.5%
for retirement annuity, and 0.5% for a widow or survivors
annuity;
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(2) Noncovered employees, except as indicated below,
7% for retirement annuity and 1% for a widow or survivors
annuity;
(3) Noncovered employees serving in a position in which
"eligible creditable service" as defined in Section 14-110
may be earned, 1% for a widow or survivors annuity plus the
following amount for retirement annuity: 8.5% through
December 31, 2001; 9.5% in 2002; 10.5% in 2003; and 11.5%
in 2004 and thereafter;
(4) Covered employees serving in a position in which
"eligible creditable service" as defined in Section 14-110
may be earned, 0.5% for a widow or survivors annuity plus
the following amount for retirement annuity: 5% through
December 31, 2001; 6% in 2002; 7% in 2003; and 8% in 2004
and thereafter;
(5) Each security employee of the Department of
Corrections or of the Department of Human Services who is a
covered employee, 0.5% for a widow or survivors annuity
plus the following amount for retirement annuity: 5%
through December 31, 2001; 6% in 2002; 7% in 2003; and 8%
in 2004 and thereafter;
(6) Each security employee of the Department of
Corrections or of the Department of Human Services who is
not a covered employee, 1% for a widow or survivors annuity
plus the following amount for retirement annuity: 8.5%
through December 31, 2001; 9.5% in 2002; 10.5% in 2003; and
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(a-5) Beginning July 1, 2014, in lieu of the contributions
otherwise required under subsection (a), each Tier 1 member who
is a participating employee shall make contributions to the
System, based on his or her compensation, as follows:
(1) Covered employees, except as indicated below, 2.5%
for retirement annuity, and 0.5% for a widow or survivors
annuity;
(2) Noncovered employees, except as indicated below,
6% for retirement annuity and 1% for a widow or survivors
annuity;
(3) Noncovered employees serving in a position in which
"eligible creditable service" as defined in Section 14-110
may be earned, 10.5% for retirement annuity and 1% for a
widow or survivors annuity;
(4) Covered employees serving in a position in which
"eligible creditable service" as defined in Section 14-110
may be earned, 7% for retirement annuity and 0.5% for a
widow or survivors annuity;
(5) Each security employee of the Department of
Corrections or of the Department of Human Services who is a
covered employee, 7% for retirement annuity and 0.5% for a
widow or survivors annuity;
(6) Each security employee of the Department of
Corrections or of the Department of Human Services who is
not a covered employee, 10.5% for retirement annuity and 1%
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for a widow or survivors annuity.
(b) Contributions shall be in the form of a deduction from
compensation and shall be made notwithstanding that the
compensation paid in cash to the employee shall be reduced
thereby below the minimum prescribed by law or regulation. Each
member is deemed to consent and agree to the deductions from
compensation provided for in this Article, and shall receipt in
full for salary or compensation.
(Source: P.A. 92-14, eff. 6-28-01.)
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Sec. 14-133.5. Use of contributions for health care
subsidies. The System shall not use any contribution received
by the System under this Article to provide a subsidy for the
cost of participation in a retiree health care program.
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Sec. 14-135.08. To certify required State contributions.
(a) To certify to the Governor and to each department, on
or before November 15 of each year until November 15, 2011, the
required rate for State contributions to the System for the
next State fiscal year, as determined under subsection (b) of
Section 14-131. The certification to the Governor under this
subsection (a) shall include a copy of the actuarial
recommendations upon which the rate is based and shall
specifically identify the System's projected State normal cost
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(a-5) On or before November 1 of each year, beginning
November 1, 2012, the Board shall submit to the State Actuary,
the Governor, and the General Assembly a proposed certification
of the amount of the required State contribution to the System
for the next fiscal year, along with all of the actuarial
assumptions, calculations, and data upon which that proposed
certification is based. On or before January 1 of each year
beginning January 1, 2013, the State Actuary shall issue a
preliminary report concerning the proposed certification and
identifying, if necessary, recommended changes in actuarial
assumptions that the Board must consider before finalizing its
certification of the required State contributions. On or before
January 15, 2013 and each January 15 thereafter, the Board
shall certify to the Governor and the General Assembly the
amount of the required State contribution for the next fiscal
year. The Board's certification must note any deviations from
the State Actuary's recommended changes, the reason or reasons
for not following the State Actuary's recommended changes, and
the fiscal impact of not following the State Actuary's
recommended changes on the required State contribution.
(a-10) For purposes of Section (c-5) of Section 20 of the
Budget Stabilization Act, on or before November 1 of each year
beginning November 1, 2014, the Board shall determine the
amount of the State contribution to the System that would have
been required for the next fiscal year if this amendatory Act
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of the 98th General Assembly had not taken effect, using the
best and most recent available data but based on the law in
effect on May 31, 2014. The Board shall submit to the State
Actuary, the Governor, and the General Assembly a proposed
certification, along with the relevant law, actuarial
assumptions, calculations, and data upon which that
certification is based. On or before January 1,2015 and every
January 1 thereafter, the State Actuary shall issue a
preliminary report concerning the proposed certification and
identifying, if necessary, recommended changes in actuarial
assumptions that the Board must consider before finalizing its
certification. On or before January 15, 2015 and every January
1 thereafter, the Board shall certify to the Governor and the
General Assembly the amount of the State contribution to the
System that would have been required for the next fiscal year
if this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly had not
taken effect, using the best and most recent available data but
based on the law in effect on May 31, 2014. The Board's
certification must note any deviations from the State Actuary's
recommended changes, the reason or reasons for not following
the State Actuary's recommended changes, and the impact of not
following the State Actuary's recommended changes.
(b) The certifications under subsections (a) and (a-5)
shall include an additional amount necessary to pay all
principal of and interest on those general obligation bonds due
the next fiscal year authorized by Section 7.2(a) of the
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General Obligation Bond Act and issued to provide the proceeds
deposited by the State with the System in July 2003,
representing deposits other than amounts reserved under
Section 7.2(c) of the General Obligation Bond Act. For State
fiscal year 2005, the Board shall make a supplemental
certification of the additional amount necessary to pay all
principal of and interest on those general obligation bonds due
in State fiscal years 2004 and 2005 authorized by Section
7.2(a) of the General Obligation Bond Act and issued to provide
the proceeds deposited by the State with the System in July
2003, representing deposits other than amounts reserved under
Section 7.2(c) of the General Obligation Bond Act, as soon as
practical after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 93rd General Assembly.
On or before May 1, 2004, the Board shall recalculate and
recertify to the Governor and to each department the amount of
the required State contribution to the System and the required
rates for State contributions to the System for State fiscal
year 2005, taking into account the amounts appropriated to and
received by the System under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of
the General Obligation Bond Act.
On or before July 1, 2005, the Board shall recalculate and
recertify to the Governor and to each department the amount of
the required State contribution to the System and the required
rates for State contributions to the System for State fiscal
year 2006, taking into account the changes in required State
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contributions made by this amendatory Act of the 94th General
Assembly.
On or before April 1, 2011, the Board shall recalculate and
recertify to the Governor and to each department the amount of
the required State contribution to the System for State fiscal
year 2011, applying the changes made by Public Act 96-889 to
the System's assets and liabilities as of June 30, 2009 as
though Public Act 96-889 was approved on that date.
(Source: P.A. 96-1497, eff. 1-14-11; 96-1511, eff. 1-27-11;
97-694, eff. 6-18-12.)
(40 ILCS 5/14-152.1)
Sec. 14-152.1. Application and expiration of new benefit
increases.
(a) As used in this Section, "new benefit increase" means
an increase in the amount of any benefit provided under this
Article, or an expansion of the conditions of eligibility for
any benefit under this Article, that results from an amendment
to this Code that takes effect after June 1, 2005 (the
effective date of Public Act 94-4). "New benefit increase",
however, does not include any benefit increase resulting from
the changes made to this Article by Public Act 96-37 or by this
amendatory Act of the 98th 96th General Assembly.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or any
subsequent amendment to this Code, every new benefit increase
is subject to this Section and shall be deemed to be granted
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only in conformance with and contingent upon compliance with
the provisions of this Section.
(c) The Public Act enacting a new benefit increase must
identify and provide for payment to the System of additional
funding at least sufficient to fund the resulting annual
increase in cost to the System as it accrues.
Every new benefit increase is contingent upon the General
Assembly providing the additional funding required under this
subsection. The Commission on Government Forecasting and
Accountability shall analyze whether adequate additional
funding has been provided for the new benefit increase and
shall report its analysis to the Public Pension Division of the
Department of Insurance Financial and Professional Regulation.
A new benefit increase created by a Public Act that does not
include the additional funding required under this subsection
is null and void. If the Public Pension Division determines
that the additional funding provided for a new benefit increase
under this subsection is or has become inadequate, it may so
certify to the Governor and the State Comptroller and, in the
absence of corrective action by the General Assembly, the new
benefit increase shall expire at the end of the fiscal year in
which the certification is made.
(d) Every new benefit increase shall expire 5 years after
its effective date or on such earlier date as may be specified
in the language enacting the new benefit increase or provided
under subsection (c). This does not prevent the General
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by law.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in the language creating
the new benefit increase, a new benefit increase that expires
under this Section continues to apply to persons who applied
and qualified for the affected benefit while the new benefit
increase was in effect and to the affected beneficiaries and
alternate payees of such persons, but does not apply to any
other person, including without limitation a person who
continues in service after the expiration date and did not
apply and qualify for the affected benefit while the new
benefit increase was in effect.
(Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.)
(40 ILCS 5/14-155 new)
Sec. 14-155. Defined contribution plan.
(a) By July 1, 2015, the System shall prepare and implement
a voluntary defined contribution plan for up to 5% of eligible
active Tier 1 members. The System shall determine the 5% cap by
determining the number of Tier 1 active employees on the
effective date of this Section. The defined contribution plan
developed under this Section shall be a plan that aggregates
employer and employee contributions in individual participant
accounts which, after meeting any other requirements, are used
for payouts after retirement in accordance with this Section
and any other applicable laws.
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As used in this Section, "defined benefit plan" means the
retirement plan available under this Article to Tier 1 members
who have not made the election authorized under this Section.
(1) Under the defined contribution plan, an active Tier
1 member of this System could elect to cease accruing
benefits in the defined benefit plan under this Article and
begin accruing benefits for future service in the defined
contribution plan. Service credit under the defined
contribution plan may be used for determining retirement
eligibility under the defined benefit plan.
(2) Participants in the defined contribution plan
shall pay employee contributions at the same rate as Tier 1
members in this System who do not participate in the
defined contribution plan.
(3) State contributions shall be paid into the accounts
of all participants in the defined contribution plan at a
uniform rate, expressed as a percentage of compensation and
determined for each year. This rate shall be no higher than
the employer's normal cost for Tier 1 members in the
defined benefit plan for that year, as determined by the
System and expressed as a percentage of compensation, and
shall be no lower than 3% of compensation. The State shall
adjust this rate annually.
(4) The defined contribution plan shall require 5 years
of participation in the defined contribution plan before
vesting in State contributions. If the participant fails to
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thereon, shall be forfeited.
(5) The defined contribution plan may provide for
participants in the plan to be eligible for the defined
disability benefits available to other participants under
this Article. If it does, the System shall reduce the
employee contributions credited to the member's defined
contribution plan account by an amount determined by the
System to cover the cost of offering such benefits.
(6) The defined contribution plan shall provide a
variety of options for investments. These options shall
include investments handled by the Illinois State Board of
Investment as well as private sector investment options.
(7) The defined contribution plan shall provide a
variety of options for payouts to retirees and their
survivors.
(8) To the extent authorized under federal law and as
authorized by the System, the plan shall allow former
participants in the plan to transfer or roll over employee
and vested State contributions, and the earnings thereon,
into other qualified retirement plans.
(9) The System shall reduce the employee contributions
credited to the member's defined contribution plan account
by an amount determined by the System to cover the cost of
offering these benefits and any applicable administrative
fees.
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(b) Only persons who are active Tier 1 members of the
System on the effective date of this Section are eligible to
participate in the defined contribution plan. Participation in
the defined contribution plan shall be limited to the first 5%
of eligible persons who elect to participate. The election to
participate in the defined contribution plan is voluntary and
irrevocable.
(c) An eligible Tier 1 employee may irrevocably elect to
participate in the defined contribution plan by filing with the
System a written application to participate that is received by
the System prior to its determination that 5% of eligible
persons have elected to participate in the defined contribution
plan.
When the System first determines that 5% of eligible
persons have elected to participate in the defined contribution
plan, the System shall provide notice to previously eligible
employees that the plan is no longer available and shall cease
accepting applications to participate.
(d) The System shall make a good faith effort to contact
each active Tier 1 member who is eligible to participate in the
defined contribution plan. The System shall mail information
describing the option to join the defined contribution plan to
each of these employees to his or her last known address on
file with the System. If the employee is not responsive to
other means of contact, it is sufficient for the System to
publish the details of the option on its website.
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Upon request for further information describing the
option, the System shall provide employees with information
from the System before exercising the option to join the plan,
including information on the impact to their vested benefits or
non-vested service. The individual consultation shall include
projections of the member's defined benefits at retirement or
earlier termination of service and the value of the member's
account at retirement or earlier termination of service. The
System shall not provide advice or counseling with respect to
whether the employee should exercise the option. The System
shall inform Tier 1 employees who are eligible to participate
in the defined contribution plan that they may also wish to
obtain information and counsel relating to their option from
any other available source, including but not limited to labor
organizations, private counsel, and financial advisors.
(e) In no event shall the System, its staff, its authorized
representatives, or the Board be liable for any information
given to an employee under this Section. The System may
coordinate with the Illinois Department of Central Management
Services and other retirement systems administering a defined
contribution plan in accordance with this amendatory Act of the
98th General Assembly to provide information concerning the
impact of the option set forth in this Section.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no
person shall begin participating in the defined contribution
plan until it has attained qualified plan status and received
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all necessary approvals from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
(g) The System shall report on its progress under this
Section, including the available details of the defined
contribution plan and the System's plans for informing eligible
Tier 1 members about the plan, to the Governor and the General
Assembly on or before January 15, 2015.
(40 ILCS 5/14-156 new)
Sec. 14-156. Defined contribution plan; termination. If
the defined contribution plan is terminated or becomes
inoperative pursuant to law, then each participant in the plan
shall automatically be deemed to have been a contributing Tier
1 member in the System's defined benefit plan during the time
in which he or she participated in the defined contribution
plan, and for that purpose the System shall be entitled to
recover the amounts in the participant's defined contribution
accounts.
(40 ILCS 5/15-106) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-106)
Sec. 15-106. Employer. "Employer": The University of
Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
University, Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois
University, the State Board of Higher Education, the Illinois
Mathematics and Science Academy, the University Civil Service
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Merit Board, the Board of Trustees of the State Universities
Retirement System, the Illinois Community College Board,
community college boards, any association of community college
boards organized under Section 3-55 of the Public Community
College Act, the Board of Examiners established under the
Illinois Public Accounting Act, and, only during the period for
which employer contributions required under Section 15-155 are
paid, the following organizations: the alumni associations,
the foundations and the athletic associations which are
affiliated with the universities and colleges included in this
Section as employers. An individual that begins employment
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly with an entity not defined as an employer in
this Section shall not be deemed an employee for the purposes
of this Article with respect to that employment and shall not
be eligible to participate in the System with respect to that
employment; provided, however, that those individuals who are
both employed and already participants in the System on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly shall be allowed to continue as participants in the
System for the duration of that employment and continue to earn
service credit.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an
individual who begins employment with any of the following
employers on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 98th General Assembly shall not be deemed an employee
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and shall not be eligible to participate in the System with
respect to that employment: any association of community
college boards organized under Section 3-55 of the Public
Community College Act, the Association of Illinois
Middle-Grade Schools, the Illinois Association of School
Administrators, the Illinois Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development, the Illinois Principals Association,
the Illinois Association of School Business Officials, or the
Illinois Special Olympics; provided, however, that those
individuals who are both employed and already participants in
the System on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
98th General Assembly shall be allowed to continue as
participants in the System for the duration of that employment
and continue to earn service credit.
A department as defined in Section 14-103.04 is an employer
for any person appointed by the Governor under the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois who is a participating employee
as defined in Section 15-109. The Department of Central
Management Services is an employer with respect to persons
employed by the State Board of Higher Education in positions
with the Illinois Century Network as of June 30, 2004 who
remain continuously employed after that date by the Department
of Central Management Services in positions with the Illinois
Century Network, the Bureau of Communication and Computer
Services, or, if applicable, any successor bureau.
The cities of Champaign and Urbana shall be considered
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employers, but only during the period for which contributions
are required to be made under subsection (b-1) of Section
15-155 and only with respect to individuals described in
subsection (h) of Section 15-107.
(Source: P.A. 95-369, eff. 8-23-07; 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See
Sec. 999.)
(40 ILCS 5/15-107) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-107)
Sec. 15-107. Employee.
(a) "Employee" means any member of the educational,
administrative, secretarial, clerical, mechanical, labor or
other staff of an employer whose employment is permanent and
continuous or who is employed in a position in which services
are expected to be rendered on a continuous basis for at least
4 months or one academic term, whichever is less, who (A)
receives payment for personal services on a warrant issued
pursuant to a payroll voucher certified by an employer and
drawn by the State Comptroller upon the State Treasurer or by
an employer upon trust, federal or other funds, or (B) is on a
leave of absence without pay. Employment which is irregular,
intermittent or temporary shall not be considered continuous
for purposes of this paragraph.
However, a person is not an "employee" if he or she:
(1) is a student enrolled in and regularly attending
classes in a college or university which is an employer,
and is employed on a temporary basis at less than full
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time;
(2) is currently receiving a retirement annuity or a
disability retirement annuity under Section 15-153.2 from
this System;
(3) is on a military leave of absence;
(4) is eligible to participate in the Federal Civil
Service Retirement System and is currently making
contributions to that system based upon earnings paid by an
employer;
(5) is on leave of absence without pay for more than 60
days immediately following termination of disability
benefits under this Article;
(6) is hired after June 30, 1979 as a public service
employment program participant under the Federal
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and receives
earnings in whole or in part from funds provided under that
Act; or
(7) is employed on or after July 1, 1991 to perform
services that are excluded by subdivision (a)(7)(f) or
(a)(19) of Section 210 of the federal Social Security Act
from the definition of employment given in that Section (42
U.S.C. 410).
(b) Any employer may, by filing a written notice with the
board, exclude from the definition of "employee" all persons
employed pursuant to a federally funded contract entered into
after July 1, 1982 with a federal military department in a
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program providing training in military courses to federal
military personnel on a military site owned by the United
States Government, if this exclusion is not prohibited by the
federally funded contract or federal laws or rules governing
the administration of the contract.
(c) Any person appointed by the Governor under the Civil
Administrative Code of the State is an employee, if he or she
is a participant in this system on the effective date of the
appointment.
(d) A participant on lay-off status under civil service
rules is considered an employee for not more than 120 days from
the date of the lay-off.
(e) A participant is considered an employee during (1) the
first 60 days of disability leave, (2) the period, not to
exceed one year, in which his or her eligibility for disability
benefits is being considered by the board or reviewed by the
courts, and (3) the period he or she receives disability
benefits under the provisions of Section 15-152, workers'
compensation or occupational disease benefits, or disability
income under an insurance contract financed wholly or partially
by the employer.
(f) Absences without pay, other than formal leaves of
absence, of less than 30 calendar days, are not considered as
an interruption of a person's status as an employee. If such
absences during any period of 12 months exceed 30 work days,
the employee status of the person is considered as interrupted
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as of the 31st work day.
(g) A staff member whose employment contract requires
services during an academic term is to be considered an
employee during the summer and other vacation periods, unless
he or she declines an employment contract for the succeeding
academic term or his or her employment status is otherwise
terminated, and he or she receives no earnings during these
periods.
(h) An individual who was a participating employee employed
in the fire department of the University of Illinois's
Champaign-Urbana campus immediately prior to the elimination
of that fire department and who immediately after the
elimination of that fire department became employed by the fire
department of the City of Urbana or the City of Champaign shall
continue to be considered as an employee for purposes of this
Article for so long as the individual remains employed as a
firefighter by the City of Urbana or the City of Champaign. The
individual shall cease to be considered an employee under this
subsection (h) upon the first termination of the individual's
employment as a firefighter by the City of Urbana or the City
of Champaign.
(i) An individual who is employed on a full-time basis as
an officer or employee of a statewide teacher organization that
serves System participants or an officer of a national teacher
organization that serves System participants may participate
in the System and shall be deemed an employee, provided that
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(1) the individual has previously earned creditable service
under this Article, (2) the individual files with the System an
irrevocable election to become a participant before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
Assembly, (3) the individual does not receive credit for that
employment under any other Article of this Code, and (4) the
individual first became a full-time employee of the teacher
organization and becomes a participant before the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. An
employee under this subsection (i) is responsible for paying to
the System both (A) employee contributions based on the actual
compensation received for service with the teacher
organization and (B) employer contributions equal to the normal
costs (as defined in Section 15-155) resulting from that
service; all or any part of these contributions may be paid on
the employee's behalf or picked up for tax purposes (if
authorized under federal law) by the teacher organization.
A person who is an employee as defined in this subsection
(i) may establish service credit for similar employment prior
to becoming an employee under this subsection by paying to the
System for that employment the contributions specified in this
subsection, plus interest at the effective rate from the date
of service to the date of payment. However, credit shall not be
granted under this subsection for any such prior employment for
which the applicant received credit under any other provision
of this Code, or during which the applicant was on a leave of
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absence under Section 15-113.2.
(j) A person employed by the State Board of Higher
Education in a position with the Illinois Century Network as of
June 30, 2004 shall be considered to be an employee for so long
as he or she remains continuously employed after that date by
the Department of Central Management Services in a position
with the Illinois Century Network, the Bureau of Communication
and Computer Services, or, if applicable, any successor bureau
and meets the requirements of subsection (a).
(k) In the case of doubt as to whether any person is an
employee within the meaning of this Section, the decision of
the Board shall be final.
(Source: P.A. 97-651, eff. 1-5-12.)
(40 ILCS 5/15-111) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-111)
Sec. 15-111. Earnings.
(a) "Earnings": An amount paid for personal services equal
to the sum of the basic compensation plus extra compensation
for summer teaching, overtime or other extra service. For
periods for which an employee receives service credit under
subsection (c) of Section 15-113.1 or Section 15-113.2,
earnings are equal to the basic compensation on which
contributions are paid by the employee during such periods.
Compensation for employment which is irregular, intermittent
and temporary shall not be considered earnings, unless the
participant is also receiving earnings from the employer as an
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employee under Section 15-107.
With respect to transition pay paid by the University of
Illinois to a person who was a participating employee employed
in the fire department of the University of Illinois's
Champaign-Urbana campus immediately prior to the elimination
of that fire department:
(1) "Earnings" includes transition pay paid to the
employee on or after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 91st General Assembly.
(2) "Earnings" includes transition pay paid to the
employee before the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 91st General Assembly only if (i) employee
contributions under Section 15-157 have been withheld from
that transition pay or (ii) the employee pays to the System
before January 1, 2001 an amount representing employee
contributions under Section 15-157 on that transition pay.
Employee contributions under item (ii) may be paid in a
lump sum, by withholding from additional transition pay
accruing before January 1, 2001, or in any other manner
approved by the System. Upon payment of the employee
contributions on transition pay, the corresponding
employer contributions become an obligation of the State.
(b) For a Tier 2 member, the annual earnings shall not
exceed $106,800; however, that amount shall annually
thereafter be increased by the lesser of (i) 3% of that amount,
including all previous adjustments, or (ii) one half the annual
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unadjusted percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the
consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the
September preceding each November 1, including all previous
adjustments.
For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price index u"
means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the United States Department of Labor that measures the average
change in prices of goods and services purchased by all urban
consumers, United States city average, all items, 1982-84 =
100. The new amount resulting from each annual adjustment shall
be determined by the Public Pension Division of the Department
of Insurance and made available to the boards of the retirement
systems and pension funds by November 1 of each year.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the
annual earnings of a Tier 1 member for the purposes of this
Code shall not exceed, for periods of service on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly, the greater of (i) the annual limitation determined
from time to time under subsection (b-5) of Section 1-160 of
this Code, (ii) the annualized rate of earnings of the Tier 1
member as of that effective date, or (iii) the annualized rate
of earnings of the Tier 1 member immediately preceding the
expiration, renewal, or amendment of an employment contract or
collective bargaining agreement in effect on that effective
date.
(Source: P.A. 98-92, eff. 7-16-13.)
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Sec. 15-112. Final rate of earnings. "Final rate of
earnings":
(a) This subsection (a) applies only to a Tier 1 member.
For an employee who is paid on an hourly basis or who
receives an annual salary in installments during 12 months of
each academic year, the average annual earnings during the 48
consecutive calendar month period ending with the last day of
final termination of employment or the 4 consecutive academic
years of service in which the employee's earnings were the
highest, whichever is greater. For any other employee, the
average annual earnings during the 4 consecutive academic years
of service in which his or her earnings were the highest. For
an employee with less than 48 months or 4 consecutive academic
years of service, the average earnings during his or her entire
period of service. The earnings of an employee with more than
36 months of service prior to the date of becoming a
participant are, for such period, considered equal to the
average earnings during the last 36 months of such service.
(b) This subsection (b) applies to a Tier 2 member.
For an employee who is paid on an hourly basis or who
receives an annual salary in installments during 12 months of
each academic year, the average annual earnings obtained by
dividing by 8 the total earnings of the employee during the 96
consecutive months in which the total earnings were the highest
within the last 120 months prior to termination.
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For any other employee, the average annual earnings during
the 8 consecutive academic years within the 10 years prior to
termination in which the employee's earnings were the highest.
For an employee with less than 96 consecutive months or 8
consecutive academic years of service, whichever is necessary,
the average earnings during his or her entire period of
service.
(c) For an employee on leave of absence with pay, or on
leave of absence without pay who makes contributions during
such leave, earnings are assumed to be equal to the basic
compensation on the date the leave began.
(d) For an employee on disability leave, earnings are
assumed to be equal to the basic compensation on the date
disability occurs or the average earnings during the 24 months
immediately preceding the month in which disability occurs,
whichever is greater.
(e) For a Tier 1 member who retires on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 with at least 20
years of service as a firefighter or police officer under this
Article, the final rate of earnings shall be the annual rate of
earnings received by the participant on his or her last day as
a firefighter or police officer under this Article, if that is
greater than the final rate of earnings as calculated under the
other provisions of this Section.
(f) If a Tier 1 member is an employee for at least 6 months
during the academic year in which his or her employment is
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terminated, the annual final rate of earnings shall be 25% of
the sum of (1) the annual basic compensation for that year, and
(2) the amount earned during the 36 months immediately
preceding that year, if this is greater than the final rate of
earnings as calculated under the other provisions of this
Section.
(g) In the determination of the final rate of earnings for
an employee, that part of an employee's earnings for any
academic year beginning after June 30, 1997, which exceeds the
employee's earnings with that employer for the preceding year
by more than 20 percent shall be excluded; in the event that an
employee has more than one employer this limitation shall be
calculated separately for the earnings with each employer. In
making such calculation, only the basic compensation of
employees shall be considered, without regard to vacation or
overtime or to contracts for summer employment.
(h) The following are not considered as earnings in
determining final rate of earnings: (1) severance or separation
pay, (2) retirement pay, (3) payment for unused sick leave, and
(4) payments from an employer for the period used in
determining final rate of earnings for any purpose other than
(i) services rendered, (ii) leave of absence or vacation
granted during that period, and (iii) vacation of up to 56 work
days allowed upon termination of employment; except that, if
the benefit has been collectively bargained between the
employer and the recognized collective bargaining agent
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pursuant to the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act,
payment received during a period of up to 2 academic years for
unused sick leave may be considered as earnings in accordance
with the applicable collective bargaining agreement, subject
to the 20% increase limitation of this Section, and if the
person first becomes a participant on or after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly,
payments for unused sick or vacation time shall not be
considered as earnings. Any unused sick leave considered as
earnings under this Section shall not be taken into account in
calculating service credit under Section 15-113.4.
(i) Intermittent periods of service shall be considered as
consecutive in determining final rate of earnings.
(Source: P.A. 98-92, eff. 7-16-13.)
(40 ILCS 5/15-113.4) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-113.4)
Sec. 15-113.4. Service for unused sick leave. "Service for
unused sick leave": A person who first becomes a participant
before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly and who is an employee under this System or
one of the other systems subject to Article 20 of this Code
within 60 days immediately preceding the date on which his or
her retirement annuity begins, is entitled to credit for
service for that portion of unused sick leave earned in the
course of employment with an employer and credited on the date
of termination of employment by an employer for which payment
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is not received, in accordance with the following schedule: 30
through 90 full calendar days and 20 through 59 full work days
of unused sick leave, 1/4 of a year of service; 91 through 180
full calendar days and 60 through 119 full work days, 1/2 of a
year of service; 181 through 270 full calendar days and 120
through 179 full work days, 3/4 of a year of service; 271
through 360 full calendar days and 180 through 240 full work
days, one year of service. Only uncompensated, unused sick
leave earned in accordance with an employer's sick leave
accrual policy generally applicable to employees or a class of
employees shall be taken into account in calculating service
credit under this Section. Any uncompensated, unused sick leave
granted by an employer to facilitate the hiring, retirement,
termination, or other special circumstances of an employee
shall not be taken into account in calculating service credit
under this Section. If a participant transfers from one
employer to another, the unused sick leave credited by the
previous employer shall be considered in determining service to
be credited under this Section, even if the participant
terminated service prior to the effective date of P.A. 86-272
(August 23, 1989); if necessary, the retirement annuity shall
be recalculated to reflect such sick leave credit. Each
employer shall certify to the board the number of days of
unused sick leave accrued to the participant's credit on the
date that the participant's status as an employee terminated.
This period of unused sick leave shall not be considered in
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determining the date the retirement annuity begins. A person
who first becomes a participant on or after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall not
receive service credit for unused sick leave.
(Source: P.A. 90-65, eff. 7-7-97; 90-511, eff. 8-22-97.)
(40 ILCS 5/15-125) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-125)
Sec. 15-125. "Prescribed Rate of Interest; Effective Rate
of Interest".
(1) "Prescribed rate of interest": The rate of interest to
be used in actuarial valuations and in development of actuarial
tables as determined by the board on the basis of the probable
average effective rate of interest on a long term basis, based
on factors including the expected investment experience;
historical and expected fluctuations in the market value of
investments; the desirability of minimizing volatility in the
rate of investment earnings from year to year; and the
provision of reserves for anticipated losses upon sales,
redemptions, or other disposition of investments and for
variations in interest experience.
(2) "Effective rate of interest": For a fiscal year
concluding no later than June 30, 2014, the The interest rate
for all or any part of a fiscal year that is determined by the
board based on factors including the system's past and expected
investment experience; historical and expected fluctuations in
the market value of investments; the desirability of minimizing
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volatility in the effective rate of interest from year to year;
and the provision of reserves for anticipated losses upon
sales, redemptions, or other disposition of investments and for
variations in interest experience; except that for the purpose
of determining the accumulated normal contributions used in
calculating retirement annuities under Rule 2 of Section
15-136, the effective rate of interest shall be determined by
the State Comptroller rather than the board. For a fiscal year
concluding no later than June 30, 2014, the The State
Comptroller shall determine the effective rate of interest to
be used for this purpose using the factors listed above, and
shall certify to the board and the Commission on Government
Forecasting and Accountability the rate to be used for this
purpose for fiscal year 2006 as soon as possible after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
Assembly, and for each fiscal year thereafter no later than the
January 31 immediately preceding the start of that fiscal year.
For a fiscal year that begins on or after July 1, 2014, the
effective rate of interest for a given fiscal year shall be
equal to the interest rate of 30-year United States Treasury
bonds as of the beginning of that given fiscal year, plus 75
basis points. This effective rate of interest shall not be used
in determining the prescribed rate of interest as defined in
paragraph (1) of this Section.
(3) The change made to this Section by Public Acts 90-65
and 90-511 is a clarification of existing law.
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(40 ILCS 5/15-135) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-135)
Sec. 15-135. Retirement annuities - Conditions.
(a) This subsection (a) applies only to a Tier 1 member. A
participant who retires in one of the following specified years
with the specified amount of service is entitled to a
retirement annuity at any age under the retirement program
applicable to the participant:
35 years if retirement is in 1997 or before;
34 years if retirement is in 1998;
33 years if retirement is in 1999;
32 years if retirement is in 2000;
31 years if retirement is in 2001;
30 years if retirement is in 2002 or later.
A participant with 8 or more years of service after
September 1, 1941, is entitled to a retirement annuity on or
after attainment of age 55.
A participant with at least 5 but less than 8 years of
service after September 1, 1941, is entitled to a retirement
annuity on or after attainment of age 62.
A participant who has at least 25 years of service in this
system as a police officer or firefighter is entitled to a
retirement annuity on or after the attainment of age 50, if
Rule 4 of Section 15-136 is applicable to the participant.
(a-3) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, for a
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Tier 1 member who begins receiving a retirement annuity under
this Section on or after July 1, 2014, the required retirement
age under subsection (a) is increased as follows, based on the
Tier 1 member's age on June 1, 2014:
(1) If he or she is at least age 46 on June 1, 2014,
then the required retirement ages under subsection (a)
remain unchanged.
(2) If he or she is at least age 45 but less than age 46
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 4 months.
(3) If he or she is at least age 44 but less than age 45
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 8 months.
(4) If he or she is at least age 43 but less than age 44
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 12 months.
(5) If he or she is at least age 42 but less than age 43
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 16 months.
(6) If he or she is at least age 41 but less than age 42
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 20 months.
(7) If he or she is at least age 40 but less than age 41
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 24 months.
(8) If he or she is at least age 39 but less than age 40
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on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 28 months.
(9) If he or she is at least age 38 but less than age 39
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 32 months.
(10) If he or she is at least age 37 but less than age
38 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 36 months.
(11) If he or she is at least age 36 but less than age
37 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 40 months.
(12) If he or she is at least age 35 but less than age
36 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 44 months.
(13) If he or she is at least age 34 but less than age
35 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 48 months.
(14) If he or she is at least age 33 but less than age
34 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 52 months.
(15) If he or she is at least age 32 but less than age
33 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 56 months.
(16) If he or she is less than age 32 on June 1, 2014,
then the required retirement ages under subsection (a) are
increased by 60 months.
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Notwithstanding Section 1-103.1, this subsection (a-3)
applies without regard to whether or not the Tier 1 member is
in active service under this Article on or after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
(a-5) A Tier 2 member is entitled to a retirement annuity
upon written application if he or she has attained age 67 and
has at least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise
eligible under the requirements of this Article. A Tier 2
member who has attained age 62 and has at least 10 years of
service credit and is otherwise eligible under the requirements
of this Article may elect to receive the lower retirement
annuity provided in subsection (b-5) of Section 15-136 of this
Article.
(b) The annuity payment period shall begin on the date
specified by the participant or the recipient of a disability
retirement annuity submitting a written application, which
date shall not be prior to termination of employment or more
than one year before the application is received by the board;
however, if the participant is not an employee of an employer
participating in this System or in a participating system as
defined in Article 20 of this Code on April 1 of the calendar
year next following the calendar year in which the participant
attains age 70 1/2, the annuity payment period shall begin on
that date regardless of whether an application has been filed.
(c) An annuity is not payable if the amount provided under
Section 15-136 is less than $10 per month.
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(Source: P.A. 97-933, eff. 8-10-12; 97-968, eff. 8-16-12;
98-92, eff. 7-16-13.)
(40 ILCS 5/15-136) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-136)
Sec. 15-136. Retirement annuities - Amount. The provisions
of this Section 15-136 apply only to those participants who are
participating in the traditional benefit package or the
portable benefit package and do not apply to participants who
are participating in the self-managed plan.
(a) The amount of a participant's retirement annuity,
expressed in the form of a single-life annuity, shall be
determined by whichever of the following rules is applicable
and provides the largest annuity:
Rule 1: The retirement annuity shall be 1.67% of final rate
of earnings for each of the first 10 years of service, 1.90%
for each of the next 10 years of service, 2.10% for each year
of service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
each year in excess of 30; or for persons who retire on or
after January 1, 1998, 2.2% of the final rate of earnings for
each year of service.
Rule 2: The retirement annuity shall be the sum of the
following, determined from amounts credited to the participant
in accordance with the actuarial tables and the effective rate
of interest in effect at the time the retirement annuity
begins:
(i) the normal annuity which can be provided on an
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actuarially equivalent basis (using the effective rate of
interest in effect at the time of retirement for
retirements occurring on or after July 1, 2014), by the
accumulated normal contributions as of the date the annuity
begins;
(ii) an annuity from employer contributions of an
amount equal to that which can be provided on an
actuarially equivalent basis (using the effective rate of
interest in effect at the time of retirement for
retirements occurring on or after July 1, 2014) from the
accumulated normal contributions made by the participant
under Section 15-113.6 and Section 15-113.7 plus 1.4 times
all other accumulated normal contributions made by the
participant; and
(iii) the annuity that can be provided on an
actuarially equivalent basis (using the effective rate of
interest in effect at the time of retirement for
retirements occurring on or after July 1, 2014) from the
entire contribution made by the participant under Section
15-113.3.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Rule 2, a
participant's retirement annuity calculated under this Rule 2
shall not be less than the retirement annuity that participant
would have received under this Rule 2 had he or she retired
during the fiscal year preceding the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
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With respect to a police officer or firefighter who retires
on or after August 14, 1998, the accumulated normal
contributions taken into account under clauses (i) and (ii) of
this Rule 2 shall include the additional normal contributions
made by the police officer or firefighter under Section
15-157(a).
The amount of a retirement annuity calculated under this
Rule 2 shall be computed solely on the basis of the
participant's accumulated normal contributions, as specified
in this Rule and defined in Section 15-116. Neither an employee
or employer contribution for early retirement under Section
15-136.2 nor any other employer contribution shall be used in
the calculation of the amount of a retirement annuity under
this Rule 2.
This amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly is a
clarification of existing law and applies to every participant
and annuitant without regard to whether status as an employee
terminates before the effective date of this amendatory Act.
This Rule 2 does not apply to a person who first becomes an
employee under this Article on or after July 1, 2005.
Rule 3: The retirement annuity of a participant who is
employed at least one-half time during the period on which his
or her final rate of earnings is based, shall be equal to the
participant's years of service not to exceed 30, multiplied by
(1) $96 if the participant's final rate of earnings is less
than $3,500, (2) $108 if the final rate of earnings is at least
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$3,500 but less than $4,500, (3) $120 if the final rate of
earnings is at least $4,500 but less than $5,500, (4) $132 if
the final rate of earnings is at least $5,500 but less than
$6,500, (5) $144 if the final rate of earnings is at least
$6,500 but less than $7,500, (6) $156 if the final rate of
earnings is at least $7,500 but less than $8,500, (7) $168 if
the final rate of earnings is at least $8,500 but less than
$9,500, and (8) $180 if the final rate of earnings is $9,500 or
more, except that the annuity for those persons having made an
election under Section 15-154(a-1) shall be calculated and
payable under the portable retirement benefit program pursuant
to the provisions of Section 15-136.4.
Rule 4: A participant who is at least age 50 and has 25 or
more years of service as a police officer or firefighter, and a
participant who is age 55 or over and has at least 20 but less
than 25 years of service as a police officer or firefighter,
shall be entitled to a retirement annuity of 2 1/4% of the
final rate of earnings for each of the first 10 years of
service as a police officer or firefighter, 2 1/2% for each of
the next 10 years of service as a police officer or
firefighter, and 2 3/4% for each year of service as a police
officer or firefighter in excess of 20. The retirement annuity
for all other service shall be computed under Rule 1. A Tier 2
member is eligible for a retirement annuity calculated under
Rule 4 only if that Tier 2 member meets the service
requirements for that benefit calculation as prescribed under
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this Rule 4 in addition to the applicable age requirement under
subsection (a-5) of Section 15-135.
For purposes of this Rule 4, a participant's service as a
firefighter shall also include the following:
(i) service that is performed while the person is an
employee under subsection (h) of Section 15-107; and
(ii) in the case of an individual who was a
participating employee employed in the fire department of
the University of Illinois's Champaign-Urbana campus
immediately prior to the elimination of that fire
department and who immediately after the elimination of
that fire department transferred to another job with the
University of Illinois, service performed as an employee of
the University of Illinois in a position other than police
officer or firefighter, from the date of that transfer
until the employee's next termination of service with the
University of Illinois.
(b) For a Tier 1 member, the retirement annuity provided
under Rules 1 and 3 above shall be reduced by 1/2 of 1% for each
month the participant is under age 60 at the time of
retirement. However, this reduction shall not apply in the
following cases:
(1) For a disabled participant whose disability
benefits have been discontinued because he or she has
exhausted eligibility for disability benefits under clause
(6) of Section 15-152;
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(2) For a participant who has at least the number of
years of service required to retire at any age under
subsection (a) of Section 15-135; or
(3) For that portion of a retirement annuity which has
been provided on account of service of the participant
during periods when he or she performed the duties of a
police officer or firefighter, if these duties were
performed for at least 5 years immediately preceding the
date the retirement annuity is to begin.
(b-5) The retirement annuity of a Tier 2 member who is
retiring after attaining age 62 with at least 10 years of
service credit shall be reduced by 1/2 of 1% for each full
month that the member's age is under age 67.
(c) The maximum retirement annuity provided under Rules 1,
2, 4, and 5 shall be the lesser of (1) the annual limit of
benefits as specified in Section 415 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as such Section may be amended from time to time
and as such benefit limits shall be adjusted by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and (2) 80% of final rate of
earnings.
(d) This subsection (d) is subject to subsections (d-1) and
(d-2). A Tier 1 member whose status as an employee terminates
after August 14, 1969 shall receive automatic increases in his
or her retirement annuity as follows:
Effective January 1 immediately following the date the
retirement annuity begins, the annuitant shall receive an
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increase in his or her monthly retirement annuity of 0.125% of
the monthly retirement annuity provided under Rule 1, Rule 2,
Rule 3, or Rule 4 contained in this Section, multiplied by the
number of full months which elapsed from the date the
retirement annuity payments began to January 1, 1972, plus
0.1667% of such annuity, multiplied by the number of full
months which elapsed from January 1, 1972, or the date the
retirement annuity payments began, whichever is later, to
January 1, 1978, plus 0.25% of such annuity multiplied by the
number of full months which elapsed from January 1, 1978, or
the date the retirement annuity payments began, whichever is
later, to the effective date of the increase.
The annuitant shall receive an increase in his or her
monthly retirement annuity on each January 1 thereafter during
the annuitant's life of 3% of the monthly annuity provided
under Rule 1, Rule 2, Rule 3, or Rule 4 contained in this
Section. The change made under this subsection by P.A. 81-970
is effective January 1, 1980 and applies to each annuitant
whose status as an employee terminates before or after that
date.
Beginning January 1, 1990, all automatic annual increases
payable under this Section shall be calculated as a percentage
of the total annuity payable at the time of the increase,
including all increases previously granted under this Article.
The change made in this subsection by P.A. 85-1008 is
effective January 26, 1988, and is applicable without regard to
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whether status as an employee terminated before that date.
(d-1) Notwithstanding subsection (d), but subject to the
provisions of subsection (d-2), all automatic increases
payable under subsection (d) on or after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall be
calculated as 3% of the lesser of (1) the total annuity payable
at the time of the increase, including previous increases
granted, or (2) $1,000 multiplied by the number of years of
creditable service upon which the annuity is based; however, in
the case of an initial increase subject to this subsection, the
amount of that increase shall be prorated if less than one year
has elapsed since retirement.
Beginning January 1, 2016, the $1,000 referred to in item
(2) of this subsection (d-1) shall be increased on each January
1 by the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not less
than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
ending with the preceding September; these adjustments shall be
cumulative and compounded. For the purposes of this subsection
(d-1), "consumer price index-u" means the index published by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department
of Labor that measures the average change in prices of goods
and services purchased by all urban consumers, United States
city average, all items, 1982-84 = 100. The new dollar amount
resulting from each annual adjustment shall be determined by
the Public Pension Division of the Department of Insurance and
made available to the System by November 1 of each year.
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This subsection (d-1) is applicable without regard to
whether the person is in service on or after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
(d-2) Notwithstanding subsections (d) and (d-1), for an
active or inactive Tier 1 member who has not begun to receive a
retirement annuity under this Article before July 1, 2014:
(1) the automatic annual increase payable under
subsection (d) the second January following the date the
retirement annuity begins shall be equal to 0% of the total
annuity payable at the time of the increase, if he or she
is at least age 50 on the effective date of this amendatory
Act;
(2) the automatic annual increase payable under
subsection (d) the second, fourth, and sixth January
following the date the retirement annuity begins shall be
equal to 0% of the total annuity payable at the time of the
increase, if he or she is at least age 47 but less than age
50 on the effective date of this amendatory Act;
(3) the automatic annual increase payable under
subsection (d) the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth
January following the date the retirement annuity begins
shall be equal to 0% of the total annuity payable at the
time of the increase, if he or she is at least age 44 but
less than age 47 on the effective date of this amendatory
Act;
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subsection (d) the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, and tenth
January following the date the retirement annuity begins
shall be equal to 0% of the total annuity payable at the
time of the increase, if he or she is less than age 44 on
the effective date of this amendatory Act.
(d-5) A retirement annuity of a Tier 2 member shall receive
annual increases on the January 1 occurring either on or after
the attainment of age 67 or the first anniversary of the
annuity start date, whichever is later. Each annual increase
shall be calculated at 3% or one half the annual unadjusted
percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer
price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September
preceding each November 1, whichever is less, of the originally
granted retirement annuity. If the annual unadjusted
percentage change in the consumer price index-u for the 12
months ending with the September preceding each November 1 is
zero or there is a decrease, then the annuity shall not be
increased.
(e) If, on January 1, 1987, or the date the retirement
annuity payment period begins, whichever is later, the sum of
the retirement annuity provided under Rule 1 or Rule 2 of this
Section and the automatic annual increases provided under the
preceding subsection or Section 15-136.1, amounts to less than
the retirement annuity which would be provided by Rule 3, the
retirement annuity shall be increased as of January 1, 1987, or
the date the retirement annuity payment period begins,
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whichever is later, to the amount which would be provided by
Rule 3 of this Section. Such increased amount shall be
considered as the retirement annuity in determining benefits
provided under other Sections of this Article. This paragraph
applies without regard to whether status as an employee
terminated before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
1987, provided that the annuitant was employed at least
one-half time during the period on which the final rate of
earnings was based.
(f) A participant is entitled to such additional annuity as
may be provided on an actuarially equivalent basis, by any
accumulated additional contributions to his or her credit.
However, the additional contributions made by the participant
toward the automatic increases in annuity provided under this
Section shall not be taken into account in determining the
amount of such additional annuity.
(g) If, (1) by law, a function of a governmental unit, as
defined by Section 20-107 of this Code, is transferred in whole
or in part to an employer, and (2) a participant transfers
employment from such governmental unit to such employer within
6 months after the transfer of the function, and (3) the sum of
(A) the annuity payable to the participant under Rule 1, 2, or
3 of this Section (B) all proportional annuities payable to the
participant by all other retirement systems covered by Article
20, and (C) the initial primary insurance amount to which the
participant is entitled under the Social Security Act, is less
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than the retirement annuity which would have been payable if
all of the participant's pension credits validated under
Section 20-109 had been validated under this system, a
supplemental annuity equal to the difference in such amounts
shall be payable to the participant.
(h) On January 1, 1981, an annuitant who was receiving a
retirement annuity on or before January 1, 1971 shall have his
or her retirement annuity then being paid increased $1 per
month for each year of creditable service. On January 1, 1982,
an annuitant whose retirement annuity began on or before
January 1, 1977, shall have his or her retirement annuity then
being paid increased $1 per month for each year of creditable
service.
(i) On January 1, 1987, any annuitant whose retirement
annuity began on or before January 1, 1977, shall have the
monthly retirement annuity increased by an amount equal to 8¢
per year of creditable service times the number of years that
have elapsed since the annuity began.
(j) For participants to whom subsection (a-3) of Section
15-135 applies, the references to age 50, 55, and 62 in this
Section are increased as provided in subsection (a-3) of
Section 15-135.
(Source: P.A. 97-933, eff. 8-10-12; 97-968, eff. 8-16-12;
98-92, eff. 7-16-13.)
(40 ILCS 5/15-155) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-155)
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Sec. 15-155. Employer contributions.
(a) The State of Illinois shall make contributions by
appropriations of amounts which, together with the other
employer contributions from trust, federal, and other funds,
employee contributions, income from investments, and other
income of this System, will be sufficient to meet the cost of
maintaining and administering the System on a 100% 90% funded
basis in accordance with actuarial recommendations by the end
of State fiscal year 2044.
The Board shall determine the amount of State contributions
required for each fiscal year on the basis of the actuarial
tables and other assumptions adopted by the Board and the
recommendations of the actuary, using the formula in subsection
(a-1).
(a-1) For State fiscal years 2015 through 2044, the minimum
contribution to the System to be made by the State for each
fiscal year shall be an amount determined by the System to be
equal to the sum of (1) the State's portion of the projected
normal cost for that fiscal year, plus (2) an amount sufficient
to bring the total assets of the System up to 100% of the total
actuarial liabilities of the System by the end of the State
fiscal year 2044. In making these determinations, the required
State contribution shall be calculated each year as a level
percentage of payroll over the years remaining to and including
fiscal year 2044 and shall be determined under the projected
unit cost method for fiscal year 2015 and under the entry age
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normal actuarial cost method for fiscal years 2016 through
2044.
For State fiscal years 2012 through 2014 2045, the minimum
contribution to the System to be made by the State for each
fiscal year shall be an amount determined by the System to be
sufficient to bring the total assets of the System up to 90% of
the total actuarial liabilities of the System by the end of
State fiscal year 2045. In making these determinations, the
required State contribution shall be calculated each year as a
level percentage of payroll over the years remaining to and
including fiscal year 2045 and shall be determined under the
projected unit credit actuarial cost method.
For State fiscal years 1996 through 2005, the State
contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is contributing at
the rate required under this Section.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2006 is
$166,641,900.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2007 is
$252,064,100.
For each of State fiscal years 2008 through 2009, the State
contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
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from the required State contribution for State fiscal year
2007, so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2010 is
$702,514,000 and shall be made from the State Pensions Fund and
proceeds of bonds sold in fiscal year 2010 pursuant to Section
7.2 of the General Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the pro rata
share of bond sale expenses determined by the System's share of
total bond proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from the General
Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2010, (iii) any reduction in bond
proceeds due to the issuance of discounted bonds, if
applicable.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2011 is
the amount recertified by the System on or before April 1, 2011
pursuant to Section 15-165 and shall be made from the State
Pensions Fund and proceeds of bonds sold in fiscal year 2011
pursuant to Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond Act,
less (i) the pro rata share of bond sale expenses determined by
the System's share of total bond proceeds, (ii) any amounts
received from the General Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2011, and
(iii) any reduction in bond proceeds due to the issuance of
discounted bonds, if applicable.
Beginning in State fiscal year 2045, the minimum
contribution for each fiscal year shall be the amount needed to
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maintain the total assets of the System at 100% of the total
liabilities of the System.
Beginning in State fiscal year 2046, the minimum State
contribution for each fiscal year shall be the amount needed to
maintain the total assets of the System at 90% of the total
actuarial liabilities of the System.
Amounts received by the System pursuant to Section 25 of
the Budget Stabilization Act or Section 8.12 of the State
Finance Act in any fiscal year do not reduce and do not
constitute payment of any portion of the minimum State
contribution required under this Article in that fiscal year.
Such amounts shall not reduce, and shall not be included in the
calculation of, the required State contributions under this
Article in any future year until the System has reached a
funding ratio of at least 100% 90%. A reference in this Article
to the "required State contribution" or any substantially
similar term does not include or apply to any amounts payable
to the System under Section 25 of the Budget Stabilization Act.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
required State contribution for State fiscal year 2005 and for
fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter through State
fiscal year 2014, as calculated under this Section and
certified under Section 15-165, shall not exceed an amount
equal to (i) the amount of the required State contribution that
would have been calculated under this Section for that fiscal
year if the System had not received any payments under
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subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act, minus (ii) the portion of the State's total debt service
payments for that fiscal year on the bonds issued in fiscal
year 2003 for the purposes of that Section 7.2, as determined
and certified by the Comptroller, that is the same as the
System's portion of the total moneys distributed under
subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act. In determining this maximum for State fiscal years 2008
through 2010, however, the amount referred to in item (i) shall
be increased, as a percentage of the applicable employee
payroll, in equal increments calculated from the sum of the
required State contribution for State fiscal year 2007 plus the
applicable portion of the State's total debt service payments
for fiscal year 2007 on the bonds issued in fiscal year 2003
for the purposes of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act, so that, by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
(b) If an employee is paid from trust or federal funds, the
employer shall pay to the Board contributions from those funds
which are sufficient to cover the accruing normal costs on
behalf of the employee. However, universities having employees
who are compensated out of local auxiliary funds, income funds,
or service enterprise funds are not required to pay such
contributions on behalf of those employees. The local auxiliary
funds, income funds, and service enterprise funds of
universities shall not be considered trust funds for the
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purpose of this Article, but funds of alumni associations,
foundations, and athletic associations which are affiliated
with the universities included as employers under this Article
and other employers which do not receive State appropriations
are considered to be trust funds for the purpose of this
Article.
(b-1) The City of Urbana and the City of Champaign shall
each make employer contributions to this System for their
respective firefighter employees who participate in this
System pursuant to subsection (h) of Section 15-107. The rate
of contributions to be made by those municipalities shall be
determined annually by the Board on the basis of the actuarial
assumptions adopted by the Board and the recommendations of the
actuary, and shall be expressed as a percentage of salary for
each such employee. The Board shall certify the rate to the
affected municipalities as soon as may be practical. The
employer contributions required under this subsection shall be
remitted by the municipality to the System at the same time and
in the same manner as employee contributions.
(c) Through State fiscal year 1995: The total employer
contribution shall be apportioned among the various funds of
the State and other employers, whether trust, federal, or other
funds, in accordance with actuarial procedures approved by the
Board. State of Illinois contributions for employers receiving
State appropriations for personal services shall be payable
from appropriations made to the employers or to the System. The
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contributions for Class I community colleges covering earnings
other than those paid from trust and federal funds, shall be
payable solely from appropriations to the Illinois Community
College Board or the System for employer contributions.
(d) Beginning in State fiscal year 1996, the required State
contributions to the System shall be appropriated directly to
the System and shall be payable through vouchers issued in
accordance with subsection (c) of Section 15-165, except as
provided in subsection (g).
(e) The State Comptroller shall draw warrants payable to
the System upon proper certification by the System or by the
employer in accordance with the appropriation laws and this
Code.
(f) Normal costs under this Section means liability for
pensions and other benefits which accrues to the System because
of the credits earned for service rendered by the participants
during the fiscal year and expenses of administering the
System, but shall not include the principal of or any
redemption premium or interest on any bonds issued by the Board
or any expenses incurred or deposits required in connection
therewith.
(g) If the amount of a participant's earnings for any
academic year used to determine the final rate of earnings,
determined on a full-time equivalent basis, exceeds the amount
of his or her earnings with the same employer for the previous
academic year, determined on a full-time equivalent basis, by
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more than 6%, the participant's employer shall pay to the
System, in addition to all other payments required under this
Section and in accordance with guidelines established by the
System, the present value of the increase in benefits resulting
from the portion of the increase in earnings that is in excess
of 6%. This present value shall be computed by the System on
the basis of the actuarial assumptions and tables used in the
most recent actuarial valuation of the System that is available
at the time of the computation. The System may require the
employer to provide any pertinent information or
documentation.
Whenever it determines that a payment is or may be required
under this subsection (g), the System shall calculate the
amount of the payment and bill the employer for that amount.
The bill shall specify the calculations used to determine the
amount due. If the employer disputes the amount of the bill, it
may, within 30 days after receipt of the bill, apply to the
System in writing for a recalculation. The application must
specify in detail the grounds of the dispute and, if the
employer asserts that the calculation is subject to subsection
(h) or (i) of this Section, must include an affidavit setting
forth and attesting to all facts within the employer's
knowledge that are pertinent to the applicability of subsection
(h) or (i). Upon receiving a timely application for
recalculation, the System shall review the application and, if
appropriate, recalculate the amount due.
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The employer contributions required under this subsection
(g) may be paid in the form of a lump sum within 90 days after
receipt of the bill. If the employer contributions are not paid
within 90 days after receipt of the bill, then interest will be
charged at a rate equal to the System's annual actuarially
assumed rate of return on investment compounded annually from
the 91st day after receipt of the bill. Payments must be
concluded within 3 years after the employer's receipt of the
bill.
(h) This subsection (h) applies only to payments made or
salary increases given on or after June 1, 2005 but before July
1, 2011. The changes made by Public Act 94-1057 shall not
require the System to refund any payments received before July
31, 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-1057).
When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
(g), the System shall exclude earnings increases paid to
participants under contracts or collective bargaining
agreements entered into, amended, or renewed before June 1,
2005.
When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
(g), the System shall exclude earnings increases paid to a
participant at a time when the participant is 10 or more years
from retirement eligibility under Section 15-135.
When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
(g), the System shall exclude earnings increases resulting from
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overtime when the employer has certified to the System, and the
System has approved the certification, that: (i) in the case of
overloads (A) the overload work is for the sole purpose of
academic instruction in excess of the standard number of
instruction hours for a full-time employee occurring during the
academic year that the overload is paid and (B) the earnings
increases are equal to or less than the rate of pay for
academic instruction computed using the participant's current
salary rate and work schedule; and (ii) in the case of
overtime, the overtime was necessary for the educational
mission.
When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
(g), the System shall exclude any earnings increase resulting
from (i) a promotion for which the employee moves from one
classification to a higher classification under the State
Universities Civil Service System, (ii) a promotion in academic
rank for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position, or (iii) a
promotion that the Illinois Community College Board has
recommended in accordance with subsection (k) of this Section.
These earnings increases shall be excluded only if the
promotion is to a position that has existed and been filled by
a member for no less than one complete academic year and the
earnings increase as a result of the promotion is an increase
that results in an amount no greater than the average salary
paid for other similar positions.
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subsection (g), the System shall exclude any salary increase
described in subsection (h) of this Section given on or after
July 1, 2011 but before July 1, 2014 under a contract or
collective bargaining agreement entered into, amended, or
renewed on or after June 1, 2005 but before July 1, 2011.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, any
payments made or salary increases given after June 30, 2014
shall be used in assessing payment for any amount due under
subsection (g) of this Section.
(j) The System shall prepare a report and file copies of
the report with the Governor and the General Assembly by
January 1, 2007 that contains all of the following information:
(1) The number of recalculations required by the
changes made to this Section by Public Act 94-1057 for each
employer.
(2) The dollar amount by which each employer's
contribution to the System was changed due to
recalculations required by Public Act 94-1057.
(3) The total amount the System received from each
employer as a result of the changes made to this Section by
Public Act 94-4.
(4) The increase in the required State contribution
resulting from the changes made to this Section by Public
Act 94-1057.
(k) The Illinois Community College Board shall adopt rules
for recommending lists of promotional positions submitted to
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promotional lists on an annual basis. When recommending
promotional lists, the Board shall consider the similarity of
the positions submitted to those positions recognized for State
universities by the State Universities Civil Service System.
The Illinois Community College Board shall file a copy of its
findings with the System. The System shall consider the
findings of the Illinois Community College Board when making
determinations under this Section. The System shall not exclude
any earnings increases resulting from a promotion when the
promotion was not submitted by a community college. Nothing in
this subsection (k) shall require any community college to
submit any information to the Community College Board.
(l) For purposes of determining the required State
contribution to the System, the value of the System's assets
shall be equal to the actuarial value of the System's assets,
which shall be calculated as follows:
As of June 30, 2008, the actuarial value of the System's
assets shall be equal to the market value of the assets as of
that date. In determining the actuarial value of the System's
assets for fiscal years after June 30, 2008, any actuarial
gains or losses from investment return incurred in a fiscal
year shall be recognized in equal annual amounts over the
5-year period following that fiscal year.
(m) For purposes of determining the required State
contribution to the system for a particular year, the actuarial
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value of assets shall be assumed to earn a rate of return equal
to the system's actuarially assumed rate of return.
(Source: P.A. 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 98-92, eff. 7-16-13;
98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
(40 ILCS 5/15-156) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-156)
Sec. 15-156. Obligations of State; funding guarantees.
(a) The payment of (1) the required State contributions,
(2) all benefits granted under this system and (3) all expenses
in connection with the administration and operation thereof are
obligations of the State of Illinois to the extent specified in
this Article. The accumulated employee normal, additional and
survivors insurance contributions credited to the accounts of
active and inactive participants shall not be used to pay the
State's share of the obligations.
(b) Beginning July 1, 2014, the State shall be obligated to
contribute to the System in each State fiscal year an amount
not less than the sum of (i) the State's normal cost for the
year and (ii) the portion of the unfunded accrued liability
assigned to that year by law. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, if the State fails to pay an amount required
under this subsection, it shall be the obligation of the Board
to seek payment of the required amount in compliance with the
provisions of this Section and, if the amount remains unpaid,
to bring a mandamus action in the Supreme Court of Illinois to
compel the State to make the required payment.
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If the System submits a voucher for contributions required
under Section 15-155 and the State fails to pay that voucher
within 90 days of its receipt, the Board shall submit a written
request to the Comptroller seeking payment. A copy of the
request shall be filed with the Secretary of State, and the
Secretary of State shall provide a copy to the Governor and
General Assembly. No earlier than the 16th day after the System
files the request with the Comptroller and Secretary of State,
if the amount remains unpaid the Board shall commence a
mandamus action in the Supreme Court of Illinois to compel the
Comptroller to satisfy the voucher.
This subsection (b) constitutes an express waiver of the
State's sovereign immunity solely to the extent that it permits
the Board to commence a mandamus action in the Supreme Court of
Illinois to compel the Comptroller to pay a voucher for the
contributions required under Section 15-155.
(c) Beginning in State fiscal year 2016, the State shall be
obligated to make the transfers set forth in subsections (c-5)
and (c-10) of Section 20 of the Budget Stabilization Act and to
pay to the System its proportionate share of the transferred
amounts in accordance with Section 25 of the Budget
Stabilization Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
if the State fails to transfer an amount required under this
subsection or to pay to the System its proportionate share of
the transferred amount in accordance with Section 25 of the
Budget Stabilization Act, it shall be the obligation of the
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Board to seek transfer or payment of the required amount in
compliance with the provisions of this Section and, if the
required amount remains untransferred or the required payment
remains unpaid, to bring a mandamus action in the Supreme Court
of Illinois to compel the State to make the required transfer
or payment or both, as the case may be.
If the State fails to make a transfer required under
subsection (c-5) or (c-10) of Section 20 of the Budget
Stabilization Act or a payment to the System required under
Section 25 of that Act, the Board shall submit a written
request to the Comptroller seeking payment. A copy of the
request shall be filed with the Secretary of State, and the
Secretary of State shall provide a copy to the Governor and
General Assembly. No earlier than the 16th day after the System
files the request with the Comptroller and Secretary of State,
if the required amount remains untransferred or the required
payment remains unpaid, the Board shall commence a mandamus
action in the Supreme Court of Illinois to compel the
Comptroller to make the required transfer or payment or both,
as the case may be.
This subsection (c) constitutes an express waiver of the
State's sovereign immunity solely to the extent that it permits
the Board to commence a mandamus action in the Supreme Court of
Illinois to compel the Comptroller to make a transfer required
under subsection (c-5) or (c-10) of Section 20 of the Budget
Stabilization Act and to pay to the System its proportionate
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share of the transferred amount in accordance with Section 25
of the Budget Stabilization Act.
The obligations created by this subsection (c) expire when
all of the requirements of subsections (c-5) and (c-10) of
Section 20 of the Budget Stabilization Act and Section 25 of
the Budget Stabilization Act have been met.
(d) Any payments and transfers required to be made by the
State pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) are expressly
subordinate to the payment of the principal, interest, and
premium, if any, on any bonded debt obligation of the State or
any other State-created entity, either currently outstanding
or to be issued, for which the source of repayment or security
thereon is derived directly or indirectly from tax revenues
collected by the State or any other State-created entity.
Payments on such bonded obligations include any statutory fund
transfers or other prefunding mechanisms or formulas set forth,
now or hereafter, in State law or bond indentures, into debt
service funds or accounts of the State related to such bond
obligations, consistent with the payment schedules associated
with such obligations.
(Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
(40 ILCS 5/15-157) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-157)
Sec. 15-157. Employee Contributions.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (a-5), each Each
participating employee shall make contributions towards the
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retirement benefits payable under the retirement program
applicable to the employee from each payment of earnings
applicable to employment under this system on and after the
date of becoming a participant as follows: Prior to September
1, 1949, 3 1/2% of earnings; from September 1, 1949 to August
31, 1955, 5%; from September 1, 1955 to August 31, 1969, 6%;
from September 1, 1969, 6 1/2%. These contributions are to be
considered as normal contributions for purposes of this
Article.
Except as provided in subsection (a-5), each Each
participant who is a police officer or firefighter shall make
normal contributions of 8% of each payment of earnings
applicable to employment as a police officer or firefighter
under this system on or after September 1, 1981, unless he or
she files with the board within 60 days after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1991 or 60 days after the board
receives notice that he or she is employed as a police officer
or firefighter, whichever is later, a written notice waiving
the retirement formula provided by Rule 4 of Section 15-136.
This waiver shall be irrevocable. If a participant had met the
conditions set forth in Section 15-132.1 prior to the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1991 but failed to make the
additional normal contributions required by this paragraph, he
or she may elect to pay the additional contributions plus
compound interest at the effective rate. If such payment is
received by the board, the service shall be considered as
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police officer service in calculating the retirement annuity
under Rule 4 of Section 15-136. While performing service
described in clause (i) or (ii) of Rule 4 of Section 15-136, a
participating employee shall be deemed to be employed as a
firefighter for the purpose of determining the rate of employee
contributions under this Section.
(a-5) Beginning July 1, 2014, in lieu of the contribution
otherwise required under subsection (a), each Tier 1 member,
other than a Tier 1 member who is a police officer or
firefighter, shall contribute 6% of earnings toward the
retirement benefits payable under the retirement programs
applicable to the employee from each payment of earnings
applicable to employment under this system.
Beginning July 1, 2014, in lieu of the contribution
otherwise required under subsection (a), each Tier 1 member who
is a police officer or firefighter shall contribute 7.5% of
each payment of earnings applicable to employment as a police
officer or firefighter under this system, unless he or she has
filed a waiver with the board pursuant to subsection (a).
The contributions required under this subsection (a-5) are
to be considered normal contributions for the purposes of this
Article.
(b) Starting September 1, 1969 and, in the case of Tier 1
members, ending on June 30, 2014, each participating employee
shall make additional contributions of 1/2 of 1% of earnings to
finance a portion of the cost of the annual increases in
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retirement annuity provided under Section 15-136, except that
with respect to participants in the self-managed plan this
additional contribution shall be used to finance the benefits
obtained under that retirement program.
(c) In addition to the amounts described in subsections (a)
and (b) of this Section, each participating employee shall make
contributions of 1% of earnings applicable under this system on
and after August 1, 1959. The contributions made under this
subsection (c) shall be considered as survivor's insurance
contributions for purposes of this Article if the employee is
covered under the traditional benefit package, and such
contributions shall be considered as additional contributions
for purposes of this Article if the employee is participating
in the self-managed plan or has elected to participate in the
portable benefit package and has completed the applicable
one-year waiting period. Contributions in excess of $80 during
any fiscal year beginning before August 31, 1969 and in excess
of $120 during any fiscal year thereafter until September 1,
1971 shall be considered as additional contributions for
purposes of this Article.
(d) If the board by board rule so permits and subject to
such conditions and limitations as may be specified in its
rules, a participant may make other additional contributions of
such percentage of earnings or amounts as the participant shall
elect in a written notice thereof received by the board.
(e) That fraction of a participant's total accumulated
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normal contributions, the numerator of which is equal to the
number of years of service in excess of that which is required
to qualify for the maximum retirement annuity, and the
denominator of which is equal to the total service of the
participant, shall be considered as accumulated additional
contributions. The determination of the applicable maximum
annuity and the adjustment in contributions required by this
provision shall be made as of the date of the participant's
retirement.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a participating
employee shall not be required to make contributions under this
Section after the date upon which continuance of such
contributions would otherwise cause his or her retirement
annuity to exceed the maximum retirement annuity as specified
in clause (1) of subsection (c) of Section 15-136.
(g) A participating employee may make contributions for the
purchase of service credit under this Article.
(h) A Tier 2 member shall not make contributions on
earnings that exceed the limitation as prescribed under
subsection (b) of Section 15-111 of this Article.
(Source: P.A. 98-92, eff. 7-16-13.)
(40 ILCS 5/15-157.5 new)
Sec. 15-157.5. Use of contributions for health care
subsidies. The System shall not use any contribution received
by the System under this Article to provide a subsidy for the
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(40 ILCS 5/15-165) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-165)
Sec. 15-165. To certify amounts and submit vouchers.
(a) The Board shall certify to the Governor on or before
November 15 of each year until November 15, 2011 the
appropriation required from State funds for the purposes of
this System for the following fiscal year. The certification
under this subsection (a) shall include a copy of the actuarial
recommendations upon which it is based and shall specifically
identify the System's projected State normal cost for that
fiscal year and the projected State cost for the self-managed
plan for that fiscal year.
On or before May 1, 2004, the Board shall recalculate and
recertify to the Governor the amount of the required State
contribution to the System for State fiscal year 2005, taking
into account the amounts appropriated to and received by the
System under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General
Obligation Bond Act.
On or before July 1, 2005, the Board shall recalculate and
recertify to the Governor the amount of the required State
contribution to the System for State fiscal year 2006, taking
into account the changes in required State contributions made
by this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
On or before April 1, 2011, the Board shall recalculate and
recertify to the Governor the amount of the required State
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the changes made by Public Act 96-889 to the System's assets
and liabilities as of June 30, 2009 as though Public Act 96-889
was approved on that date.
(a-5) On or before November 1 of each year, beginning
November 1, 2012, the Board shall submit to the State Actuary,
the Governor, and the General Assembly a proposed certification
of the amount of the required State contribution to the System
for the next fiscal year, along with all of the actuarial
assumptions, calculations, and data upon which that proposed
certification is based. On or before January 1 of each year,
beginning January 1, 2013, the State Actuary shall issue a
preliminary report concerning the proposed certification and
identifying, if necessary, recommended changes in actuarial
assumptions that the Board must consider before finalizing its
certification of the required State contributions. On or before
January 15, 2013 and each January 15 thereafter, the Board
shall certify to the Governor and the General Assembly the
amount of the required State contribution for the next fiscal
year. The Board's certification must note, in a written
response to the State Actuary, any deviations from the State
Actuary's recommended changes, the reason or reasons for not
following the State Actuary's recommended changes, and the
fiscal impact of not following the State Actuary's recommended
changes on the required State contribution.
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Budget Stabilization Act, on or before November 1 of each year
beginning November 1, 2014, the Board shall determine the
amount of the State contribution to the System that would have
been required for the next fiscal year if this amendatory Act
of the 98th General Assembly had not taken effect, using the
best and most recent available data but based on the law in
effect on May 31, 2014. The Board shall submit to the State
Actuary, the Governor, and the General Assembly a proposed
certification, along with the relevant law, actuarial
assumptions, calculations, and data upon which that
certification is based. On or before January 1,2015 and every
January 1 thereafter, the State Actuary shall issue a
preliminary report concerning the proposed certification and
identifying, if necessary, recommended changes in actuarial
assumptions that the Board must consider before finalizing its
certification. On or before January 15, 2015 and every January
1 thereafter, the Board shall certify to the Governor and the
General Assembly the amount of the State contribution to the
System that would have been required for the next fiscal year
if this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly had not
taken effect, using the best and most recent available data but
based on the law in effect on May 31, 2014. The Board's
certification must note any deviations from the State Actuary's
recommended changes, the reason or reasons for not following
the State Actuary's recommended changes, and the impact of not
following the State Actuary's recommended changes.
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(b) The Board shall certify to the State Comptroller or
employer, as the case may be, from time to time, by its
chairperson and secretary, with its seal attached, the amounts
payable to the System from the various funds.
(c) Beginning in State fiscal year 1996, on or as soon as
possible after the 15th day of each month the Board shall
submit vouchers for payment of State contributions to the
System, in a total monthly amount of one-twelfth of the
required annual State contribution certified under subsection
(a). From the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
General Assembly through June 30, 2004, the Board shall not
submit vouchers for the remainder of fiscal year 2004 in excess
of the fiscal year 2004 certified contribution amount
determined under this Section after taking into consideration
the transfer to the System under subsection (b) of Section
6z-61 of the State Finance Act. These vouchers shall be paid by
the State Comptroller and Treasurer by warrants drawn on the
funds appropriated to the System for that fiscal year.
If in any month the amount remaining unexpended from all
other appropriations to the System for the applicable fiscal
year (including the appropriations to the System under Section
8.12 of the State Finance Act and Section 1 of the State
Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act) is less than the
amount lawfully vouchered under this Section, the difference
shall be paid from the General Revenue Fund under the
continuing appropriation authority provided in Section 1.1 of
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the State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act.
(d) So long as the payments received are the full amount
lawfully vouchered under this Section, payments received by the
System under this Section shall be applied first toward the
employer contribution to the self-managed plan established
under Section 15-158.2. Payments shall be applied second toward
the employer's portion of the normal costs of the System, as
defined in subsection (f) of Section 15-155. The balance shall
be applied toward the unfunded actuarial liabilities of the
System.
(e) In the event that the System does not receive, as a
result of legislative enactment or otherwise, payments
sufficient to fully fund the employer contribution to the
self-managed plan established under Section 15-158.2 and to
fully fund that portion of the employer's portion of the normal
costs of the System, as calculated in accordance with Section
15-155(a-1), then any payments received shall be applied
proportionately to the optional retirement program established
under Section 15-158.2 and to the employer's portion of the
normal costs of the System, as calculated in accordance with
Section 15-155(a-1).
(Source: P.A. 97-694, eff. 6-18-12; 98-92, eff. 7-16-13.)
(40 ILCS 5/15-198)
Sec. 15-198. Application and expiration of new benefit
increases.
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(a) As used in this Section, "new benefit increase" means
an increase in the amount of any benefit provided under this
Article, or an expansion of the conditions of eligibility for
any benefit under this Article, that results from an amendment
to this Code that takes effect after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly. "New benefit
increase", however, does not include any benefit increase
resulting from the changes made by this amendatory Act of the
98th General Assembly.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or any
subsequent amendment to this Code, every new benefit increase
is subject to this Section and shall be deemed to be granted
only in conformance with and contingent upon compliance with
the provisions of this Section.
(c) The Public Act enacting a new benefit increase must
identify and provide for payment to the System of additional
funding at least sufficient to fund the resulting annual
increase in cost to the System as it accrues.
Every new benefit increase is contingent upon the General
Assembly providing the additional funding required under this
subsection. The Commission on Government Forecasting and
Accountability shall analyze whether adequate additional
funding has been provided for the new benefit increase and
shall report its analysis to the Public Pension Division of the
Department of Insurance Financial and Professional Regulation.
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include the additional funding required under this subsection
is null and void. If the Public Pension Division determines
that the additional funding provided for a new benefit increase
under this subsection is or has become inadequate, it may so
certify to the Governor and the State Comptroller and, in the
absence of corrective action by the General Assembly, the new
benefit increase shall expire at the end of the fiscal year in
which the certification is made.
(d) Every new benefit increase shall expire 5 years after
its effective date or on such earlier date as may be specified
in the language enacting the new benefit increase or provided
under subsection (c). This does not prevent the General
Assembly from extending or re-creating a new benefit increase
by law.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in the language creating
the new benefit increase, a new benefit increase that expires
under this Section continues to apply to persons who applied
and qualified for the affected benefit while the new benefit
increase was in effect and to the affected beneficiaries and
alternate payees of such persons, but does not apply to any
other person, including without limitation a person who
continues in service after the expiration date and did not
apply and qualify for the affected benefit while the new
benefit increase was in effect.
(Source: P.A. 94-4, eff. 6-1-05.)
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Sec. 15-200. Defined contribution plan.
(a) By July 1, 2015, the System shall prepare and implement
a voluntary defined contribution plan for up to 5% of eligible
active Tier 1 members. The System shall determine the 5% cap by
determining the number of Tier 1 active employees on the
effective date of this Section. The defined contribution plan
developed under this Section shall be a plan that aggregates
employer and employee contributions in individual participant
accounts which, after meeting any other requirements, are used
for payouts after retirement in accordance with this Section
and any other applicable laws.
As used in this Section, "defined benefit plan" means the
retirement plan available under this Article to Tier 1 members
who have not made the election authorized under this Section.
(1) Under the defined contribution plan, an active Tier
1 member of this System could elect to cease accruing
benefits in the defined benefit plan under this Article and
begin accruing benefits for future service in the defined
contribution plan. Service credit under the defined
contribution plan may be used for determining retirement
eligibility under the defined benefit plan.
(2) Participants in the defined contribution plan
shall pay employee contributions at the same rate as other
participants under this Article as determined by the
System.
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(3) State contributions shall be paid into the accounts
of all participants in the defined contribution plan at a
uniform rate, expressed as a percentage of earnings and
determined for each year. This rate shall be no higher than
the employer's normal cost for Tier 1 members in the
defined benefit plan for that year, as determined by the
System and expressed as a percentage of earnings, and shall
be no lower than 3% of earnings. The State shall adjust
this rate annually.
(4) The defined contribution plan shall require 5 years
of participation in the defined contribution plan before
vesting in State contributions. If the participant fails to
vest in them, the State contributions, and the earnings
thereon, shall be forfeited.
(5) The defined contribution plan may provide for
participants in the plan to be eligible for the defined
disability benefits available to other participants under
this Article. If it does, the System shall reduce the
employee contributions credited to the member's defined
contribution plan account by an amount determined by the
System to cover the cost of offering such benefits.
(6) The defined contribution plan shall provide a
variety of options for investments. These options shall
include investments handled by the System as well as
private sector investment options.
(7) The defined contribution plan shall provide a
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variety of options for payouts to retirees and their
survivors.
(8) To the extent authorized under federal law and as
authorized by the System, the plan shall allow former
participants in the plan to transfer or roll over employee
and vested State contributions, and the earnings thereon,
into other qualified retirement plans.
(9) The System shall reduce the employee contributions
credited to the member's defined contribution plan account
by an amount determined by the System to cover the cost of
offering these benefits and any applicable administrative
fees.
(b) Only persons who are active Tier 1 members of the
System on the effective date of this Section are eligible to
participate in the defined contribution plan. Participation in
the defined contribution plan shall be limited to the first 5%
of eligible persons who elect to participate. The election to
participate in the defined contribution plan is voluntary and
irrevocable.
(c) An eligible Tier 1 employee may irrevocably elect to
participate in the defined contribution plan by filing with the
System a written application to participate that is received by
the System prior to its determination that 5% of eligible
persons have elected to participate in the defined contribution
plan.
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persons have elected to participate in the defined contribution
plan, the System shall provide notice to previously eligible
employees that the plan is no longer available and shall cease
accepting applications to participate.
(d) The System shall make a good faith effort to contact
each active Tier 1 member who is eligible to participate in the
defined contribution plan. The System shall mail information
describing the option to join the defined contribution plan to
each of these employees to his or her last known address on
file with the System. If the employee is not responsive to
other means of contact, it is sufficient for the System to
publish the details of the option on its website.
Upon request for further information describing the
option, the System shall provide employees with information
from the System before exercising the option to join the plan,
including information on the impact to their vested benefits or
non-vested service. The individual consultation shall include
projections of the member's defined benefits at retirement or
earlier termination of service and the value of the member's
account at retirement or earlier termination of service. The
System shall not provide advice or counseling with respect to
whether the employee should exercise the option. The System
shall inform Tier 1 employees who are eligible to participate
in the defined contribution plan that they may also wish to
obtain information and counsel relating to their option from
any other available source, including but not limited to labor
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organizations, private counsel, and financial advisors.
(e) In no event shall the System, its staff, its authorized
representatives, or the Board be liable for any information
given to an employee under this Section. The System may
coordinate with the Illinois Department of Central Management
Services and other retirement systems administering a defined
contribution plan in accordance with this amendatory Act of the
98th General Assembly to provide information concerning the
impact of the option set forth in this Section.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no
person shall begin participating in the defined contribution
plan until it has attained qualified plan status and received
all necessary approvals from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
(g) The System shall report on its progress under this
Section, including the available details of the defined
contribution plan and the System's plans for informing eligible
Tier 1 members about the plan, to the Governor and the General
Assembly on or before January 15, 2015.
(40 ILCS 5/15-201 new)
Sec. 15-201. Defined contribution plan; termination. If
the defined contribution plan is terminated or becomes
inoperative pursuant to law, then each participant in the plan
shall automatically be deemed to have been a contributing Tier
1 member participating in the System's defined benefit plan
during the time in which he or she participated in the defined
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contribution plan, and for that purpose the System shall be
entitled to recover the amounts in the participant's defined
contribution accounts.
(40 ILCS 5/16-106) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-106)
Sec. 16-106. Teacher. "Teacher": The following
individuals, provided that, for employment prior to July 1,
1990, they are employed on a full-time basis, or if not
full-time, on a permanent and continuous basis in a position in
which services are expected to be rendered for at least one
school term:
(1) Any educational, administrative, professional or
other staff employed in the public common schools included
within this system in a position requiring certification
under the law governing the certification of teachers;
(2) Any educational, administrative, professional or
other staff employed in any facility of the Department of
Children and Family Services or the Department of Human
Services, in a position requiring certification under the
law governing the certification of teachers, and any person
who (i) works in such a position for the Department of
Corrections, (ii) was a member of this System on May 31,
1987, and (iii) did not elect to become a member of the
State Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Section
14-108.2 of this Code; except that "teacher" does not
include any person who (A) becomes a security employee of
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the Department of Human Services, as defined in Section
14-110, after June 28, 2001 (the effective date of Public
Act 92-14), or (B) becomes a member of the State Employees'
Retirement System pursuant to Section 14-108.2c of this
Code;
(3) Any regional superintendent of schools, assistant
regional superintendent of schools, State Superintendent
of Education; any person employed by the State Board of
Education as an executive; any executive of the boards
engaged in the service of public common school education in
school districts covered under this system of which the
State Superintendent of Education is an ex-officio member;
(4) Any employee of a school board association
operating in compliance with Article 23 of the School Code
who is certificated under the law governing the
certification of teachers, provided that he or she becomes
such an employee before the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly;
(5) Any person employed by the retirement system who:
(i) was an employee of and a participant in the
system on August 17, 2001 (the effective date of Public
Act 92-416), or
(ii) becomes an employee of the system on or after
August 17, 2001;
(6) Any educational, administrative, professional or
other staff employed by and under the supervision and
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control of a regional superintendent of schools, provided
such employment position requires the person to be
certificated under the law governing the certification of
teachers and is in an educational program serving 2 or more
districts in accordance with a joint agreement authorized
by the School Code or by federal legislation;
(7) Any educational, administrative, professional or
other staff employed in an educational program serving 2 or
more school districts in accordance with a joint agreement
authorized by the School Code or by federal legislation and
in a position requiring certification under the laws
governing the certification of teachers;
(8) Any officer or employee of a statewide teacher
organization or officer of a national teacher organization
who is certified under the law governing certification of
teachers, provided: (i) the individual had previously
established creditable service under this Article, (ii)
the individual files with the system an irrevocable
election to become a member before the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, (iii) the
individual does not receive credit for such service under
any other Article of this Code, and (iv) the individual
first became an officer or employee of the teacher
organization and becomes a member before the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly;
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other staff employed in a charter school operating in
compliance with the Charter Schools Law who is certificated
under the law governing the certification of teachers;
(10) Any person employed, on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, by the
Macon-Piatt Regional Office of Education in a
birth-through-age-three pilot program receiving funds
under Section 2-389 of the School Code who is required by
the Macon-Piatt Regional Office of Education to hold a
teaching certificate, provided that the Macon-Piatt
Regional Office of Education makes an election, within 6
months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 94th General Assembly, to have the person participate
in the system. Any service established prior to the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
Assembly for service as an employee of the Macon-Piatt
Regional Office of Education in a birth-through-age-three
pilot program receiving funds under Section 2-389 of the
School Code shall be considered service as a teacher if
employee and employer contributions have been received by
the system and the system has not refunded those
contributions.
An annuitant receiving a retirement annuity under this
Article or under Article 17 of this Code who is employed by a
board of education or other employer as permitted under Section
16-118 or 16-150.1 is not a "teacher" for purposes of this
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Article. A person who has received a single-sum retirement
benefit under Section 16-136.4 of this Article is not a
"teacher" for purposes of this Article.
(Source: P.A. 97-651, eff. 1-5-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
(40 ILCS 5/16-106.4 new)
Sec. 16-106.4. Tier 1 member. "Tier 1 member": A member
under this Article who first became a member or participant
before January 1, 2011 under any reciprocal retirement system
or pension fund established under this Code other than a
retirement system or pension fund established under Article 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, or 18 of this Code.
(40 ILCS 5/16-112) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-112)
Sec. 16-112. Regular interest.
"Regular interest":
(a) For computations based upon prior service credits,
interest at the following rates compounded annually: For
periods prior to July 1, 1947, 4% per year; for periods from
July 1, 1947 through June 30, 1971, 3% per year; for periods
from July 1, 1971 through June 30, 1977 at the rate of 4% per
year; for periods from July 1, 1977 through June 30, 1981, 5%
per year; for periods after June 30, 1981 through June 30,
2014, 6% per year.
(b) For computations based upon membership service
credits, interest at the following rates, compounded annually:
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For periods prior to July 1, 1971, 3% per year; for periods
from July 1, 1971 through June 30, 1977, 4% per year; for
periods from July 1, 1977 through June 30, 1981, 5% per year;
for periods after June 30, 1981 through June 30, 2014, 6% per
year.
(c) For a fiscal year that begins on or after July 1, 2014,
for all computations, the interest rate of 30-year United
States Treasury bonds on July 1 of that given fiscal year, plus
75 basis points.
(Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
(40 ILCS 5/16-121) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-121)
Sec. 16-121. Salary. "Salary": The actual compensation
received by a teacher during any school year and recognized by
the system in accordance with rules of the board. For purposes
of this Section, "school year" includes the regular school term
plus any additional period for which a teacher is compensated
and such compensation is recognized by the rules of the board.
In the case of a person who first becomes a member on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly, "salary" shall not include any payment for
unused sick or vacation time.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the
annual salary of a Tier 1 member for the purposes of this Code
shall not exceed, for periods of service on or after the
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Assembly, the greater of (i) the annual limitation determined
from time to time under subsection (b-5) of Section 1-160 of
this Code, (ii) the annualized salary of the Tier 1 member on
that effective date, or (iii) the annualized salary of the Tier
1 member immediately preceding the expiration, renewal, or
amendment of an employment contract or collective bargaining
agreement in effect on that effective date.
(Source: P.A. 84-1028.)
(40 ILCS 5/16-127) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-127)
Sec. 16-127. Computation of creditable service.
(a) Each member shall receive regular credit for all
service as a teacher from the date membership begins, for which
satisfactory evidence is supplied and all contributions have
been paid.
(b) The following periods of service shall earn optional
credit and each member shall receive credit for all such
service for which satisfactory evidence is supplied and all
contributions have been paid as of the date specified:
(1) Prior service as a teacher.
(2) Service in a capacity essentially similar or
equivalent to that of a teacher, in the public common
schools in school districts in this State not included
within the provisions of this System, or of any other
State, territory, dependency or possession of the United
States, or in schools operated by or under the auspices of
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the United States, or under the auspices of any agency or
department of any other State, and service during any
period of professional speech correction or special
education experience for a public agency within this State
or any other State, territory, dependency or possession of
the United States, and service prior to February 1, 1951 as
a recreation worker for the Illinois Department of Public
Safety, for a period not exceeding the lesser of 2/5 of the
total creditable service of the member or 10 years. The
maximum service of 10 years which is allowable under this
paragraph shall be reduced by the service credit which is
validated by other retirement systems under paragraph (i)
of Section 15-113 and paragraph 1 of Section 17-133. Credit
granted under this paragraph may not be used in
determination of a retirement annuity or disability
benefits unless the member has at least 5 years of
creditable service earned subsequent to this employment
with one or more of the following systems: Teachers'
Retirement System of the State of Illinois, State
Universities Retirement System, and the Public School
Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago. Whenever
such service credit exceeds the maximum allowed for all
purposes of this Article, the first service rendered in
point of time shall be considered. The changes to this
subdivision (b)(2) made by Public Act 86-272 shall apply
not only to persons who on or after its effective date
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(August 23, 1989) are in service as a teacher under the
System, but also to persons whose status as such a teacher
terminated prior to such effective date, whether or not
such person is an annuitant on that date.
(3) Any periods immediately following teaching
service, under this System or under Article 17, (or
immediately following service prior to February 1, 1951 as
a recreation worker for the Illinois Department of Public
Safety) spent in active service with the military forces of
the United States; periods spent in educational programs
that prepare for return to teaching sponsored by the
federal government following such active military service;
if a teacher returns to teaching service within one
calendar year after discharge or after the completion of
the educational program, a further period, not exceeding
one calendar year, between time spent in military service
or in such educational programs and the return to
employment as a teacher under this System; and a period of
up to 2 years of active military service not immediately
following employment as a teacher.
The changes to this Section and Section 16-128 relating
to military service made by P.A. 87-794 shall apply not
only to persons who on or after its effective date are in
service as a teacher under the System, but also to persons
whose status as a teacher terminated prior to that date,
whether or not the person is an annuitant on that date. In
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the case of an annuitant who applies for credit allowable
under this Section for a period of military service that
did not immediately follow employment, and who has made the
required contributions for such credit, the annuity shall
be recalculated to include the additional service credit,
with the increase taking effect on the date the System
received written notification of the annuitant's intent to
purchase the credit, if payment of all the required
contributions is made within 60 days of such notice, or
else on the first annuity payment date following the date
of payment of the required contributions. In calculating
the automatic annual increase for an annuity that has been
recalculated under this Section, the increase attributable
to the additional service allowable under P.A. 87-794 shall
be included in the calculation of automatic annual
increases accruing after the effective date of the
recalculation.
Credit for military service shall be determined as
follows: if entry occurs during the months of July, August,
or September and the member was a teacher at the end of the
immediately preceding school term, credit shall be granted
from July 1 of the year in which he or she entered service;
if entry occurs during the school term and the teacher was
in teaching service at the beginning of the school term,
credit shall be granted from July 1 of such year. In all
other cases where credit for military service is allowed,
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credit shall be granted from the date of entry into the
service.
The total period of military service for which credit
is granted shall not exceed 5 years for any member unless
the service: (A) is validated before July 1, 1964, and (B)
does not extend beyond July 1, 1963. Credit for military
service shall be granted under this Section only if not
more than 5 years of the military service for which credit
is granted under this Section is used by the member to
qualify for a military retirement allotment from any branch
of the armed forces of the United States. The changes to
this subdivision (b)(3) made by Public Act 86-272 shall
apply not only to persons who on or after its effective
date (August 23, 1989) are in service as a teacher under
the System, but also to persons whose status as such a
teacher terminated prior to such effective date, whether or
not such person is an annuitant on that date.
(4) Any periods served as a member of the General
Assembly.
(5)(i) Any periods for which a teacher, as defined in
Section 16-106, is granted a leave of absence, provided he
or she returns to teaching service creditable under this
System or the State Universities Retirement System
following the leave; (ii) periods during which a teacher is
involuntarily laid off from teaching, provided he or she
returns to teaching following the lay-off; (iii) periods
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prior to July 1, 1983 during which a teacher ceased covered
employment due to pregnancy, provided that the teacher
returned to teaching service creditable under this System
or the State Universities Retirement System following the
pregnancy and submits evidence satisfactory to the Board
documenting that the employment ceased due to pregnancy;
and (iv) periods prior to July 1, 1983 during which a
teacher ceased covered employment for the purpose of
adopting an infant under 3 years of age or caring for a
newly adopted infant under 3 years of age, provided that
the teacher returned to teaching service creditable under
this System or the State Universities Retirement System
following the adoption and submits evidence satisfactory
to the Board documenting that the employment ceased for the
purpose of adopting an infant under 3 years of age or
caring for a newly adopted infant under 3 years of age.
However, total credit under this paragraph (5) may not
exceed 3 years.
Any qualified member or annuitant may apply for credit
under item (iii) or (iv) of this paragraph (5) without
regard to whether service was terminated before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. In the case
of an annuitant who establishes credit under item (iii) or
(iv), the annuity shall be recalculated to include the
additional service credit. The increase in annuity shall
take effect on the date the System receives written
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notification of the annuitant's intent to purchase the
credit, if the required evidence is submitted and the
required contribution paid within 60 days of that
notification, otherwise on the first annuity payment date
following the System's receipt of the required evidence and
contribution. The increase in an annuity recalculated
under this provision shall be included in the calculation
of automatic annual increases in the annuity accruing after
the effective date of the recalculation.
Optional credit may be purchased under this subsection
(b)(5) for periods during which a teacher has been granted
a leave of absence pursuant to Section 24-13 of the School
Code. A teacher whose service under this Article terminated
prior to the effective date of P.A. 86-1488 shall be
eligible to purchase such optional credit. If a teacher who
purchases this optional credit is already receiving a
retirement annuity under this Article, the annuity shall be
recalculated as if the annuitant had applied for the leave
of absence credit at the time of retirement. The difference
between the entitled annuity and the actual annuity shall
be credited to the purchase of the optional credit. The
remainder of the purchase cost of the optional credit shall
be paid on or before April 1, 1992.
The change in this paragraph made by Public Act 86-273
shall be applicable to teachers who retire after June 1,
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date.
(6) For a person who first becomes a member before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly, any Any days of unused and uncompensated
accumulated sick leave earned by a teacher. The service
credit granted under this paragraph shall be the ratio of
the number of unused and uncompensated accumulated sick
leave days to 170 days, subject to a maximum of 2 years of
service credit. Prior to the member's retirement, each
former employer shall certify to the System the number of
unused and uncompensated accumulated sick leave days
credited to the member at the time of termination of
service. The period of unused sick leave shall not be
considered in determining the effective date of
retirement. A member is not required to make contributions
in order to obtain service credit for unused sick leave.
Credit for sick leave shall, at retirement, be granted
by the System for any retiring regional or assistant
regional superintendent of schools who first becomes a
member before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 98th General Assembly at the rate of 6 days per year of
creditable service or portion thereof established while
serving as such superintendent or assistant
superintendent.
(7) Periods prior to February 1, 1987 served as an
employee of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
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for which credit has not been terminated under Section
15-113.9 of this Code.
(8) Service as a substitute teacher for work performed
prior to July 1, 1990.
(9) Service as a part-time teacher for work performed
prior to July 1, 1990.
(10) Up to 2 years of employment with Southern Illinois
University - Carbondale from September 1, 1959 to August
31, 1961, or with Governors State University from September
1, 1972 to August 31, 1974, for which the teacher has no
credit under Article 15. To receive credit under this item
(10), a teacher must apply in writing to the Board and pay
the required contributions before May 1, 1993 and have at
least 12 years of service credit under this Article.
(b-1) A member may establish optional credit for up to 2
years of service as a teacher or administrator employed by a
private school recognized by the Illinois State Board of
Education, provided that the teacher (i) was certified under
the law governing the certification of teachers at the time the
service was rendered, (ii) applies in writing on or after
August 1, 2009 and on or before August 1, 2012, (iii) supplies
satisfactory evidence of the employment, (iv) completes at
least 10 years of contributing service as a teacher as defined
in Section 16-106, and (v) pays the contribution required in
subsection (d-5) of Section 16-128. The member may apply for
credit under this subsection and pay the required contribution
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before completing the 10 years of contributing service required
under item (iv), but the credit may not be used until the item
(iv) contributing service requirement has been met.
(c) The service credits specified in this Section shall be
granted only if: (1) such service credits are not used for
credit in any other statutory tax-supported public employee
retirement system other than the federal Social Security
program; and (2) the member makes the required contributions as
specified in Section 16-128. Except as provided in subsection
(b-1) of this Section, the service credit shall be effective as
of the date the required contributions are completed.
Any service credits granted under this Section shall
terminate upon cessation of membership for any cause.
Credit may not be granted under this Section covering any
period for which an age retirement or disability retirement
allowance has been paid.
(Source: P.A. 96-546, eff. 8-17-09.)
(40 ILCS 5/16-132) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-132)
Sec. 16-132. Retirement annuity eligibility.
(a) A member who has at least 20 years of creditable
service is entitled to a retirement annuity upon or after
attainment of age 55. A member who has at least 10 but less
than 20 years of creditable service is entitled to a retirement
annuity upon or after attainment of age 60. A member who has at
least 5 but less than 10 years of creditable service is
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entitled to a retirement annuity upon or after attainment of
age 62. A member who (i) has earned during the period
immediately preceding the last day of service at least one year
of contributing creditable service as an employee of a
department as defined in Section 14-103.04, (ii) has earned at
least 5 years of contributing creditable service as an employee
of a department as defined in Section 14-103.04, and (iii)
retires on or after January 1, 2001 is entitled to a retirement
annuity upon or after attainment of an age which, when added to
the number of years of his or her total creditable service,
equals at least 85. Portions of years shall be counted as
decimal equivalents.
A member who is eligible to receive a retirement annuity of
at least 74.6% of final average salary and will attain age 55
on or before December 31 during the year which commences on
July 1 shall be deemed to attain age 55 on the preceding June
1.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, for a
Tier 1 member who begins receiving a retirement annuity under
this Section on or after July 1, 2014, the required retirement
age under subsection (a) is increased as follows, based on the
Tier 1 member's age on June 1, 2014:
(1) If he or she is at least age 46 on June 1, 2014,
then the required retirement ages under subsection (a)
remain unchanged.
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on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 4 months.
(3) If he or she is at least age 44 but less than age 45
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 8 months.
(4) If he or she is at least age 43 but less than age 44
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 12 months.
(5) If he or she is at least age 42 but less than age 43
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 16 months.
(6) If he or she is at least age 41 but less than age 42
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 20 months.
(7) If he or she is at least age 40 but less than age 41
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 24 months.
(8) If he or she is at least age 39 but less than age 40
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 28 months.
(9) If he or she is at least age 38 but less than age 39
on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 32 months.
(10) If he or she is at least age 37 but less than age
38 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 36 months.
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(11) If he or she is at least age 36 but less than age
37 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 40 months.
(12) If he or she is at least age 35 but less than age
36 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 44 months.
(13) If he or she is at least age 34 but less than age
35 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 48 months.
(14) If he or she is at least age 33 but less than age
34 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 52 months.
(15) If he or she is at least age 32 but less than age
33 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
subsection (a) are increased by 56 months.
(16) If he or she is less than age 32 on June 1, 2014,
then the required retirement ages under subsection (a) are
increased by 60 months.
Notwithstanding Section 1-103.1, this subsection (b)
applies without regard to whether or not the Tier 1 member is
in active service under this Article on or after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
(c) A member meeting the above eligibility conditions is
entitled to a retirement annuity upon written application to
the board setting forth the date the member wishes the
retirement annuity to commence. However, the effective date of
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the retirement annuity shall be no earlier than the day
following the last day of creditable service, regardless of the
date of official termination of employment.
(d) To be eligible for a retirement annuity, a member shall
not be employed as a teacher in the schools included under this
System or under Article 17, except (i) as provided in Section
16-118 or 16-150.1, (ii) if the member is disabled (in which
event, eligibility for salary must cease), or (iii) if the
System is required by federal law to commence payment due to
the member's age; the changes to this sentence made by Public
Act 93-320 this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly
apply without regard to whether the member terminated
employment before or after its effective date.
(Source: P.A. 93-320, eff. 7-23-03.)
(40 ILCS 5/16-133) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-133)
Sec. 16-133. Retirement annuity; amount.
(a) The amount of the retirement annuity shall be (i) in
the case of a person who first became a teacher under this
Article before July 1, 2005, the larger of the amounts
determined under paragraphs (A) and (B) below, or (ii) in the
case of a person who first becomes a teacher under this Article
on or after July 1, 2005, the amount determined under the
applicable provisions of paragraph (B):
(A) An amount consisting of the sum of the following:
(1) An amount that can be provided on an
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actuarially equivalent basis (using the rate of
regular interest in effect at the time of retirement
for retirements occurring on or after July 1, 2014) by
the member's accumulated contributions at the time of
retirement; and
(2) The sum of (i) the amount that can be provided
on an actuarially equivalent basis (using the rate of
regular interest in effect at the time of retirement
for retirements occurring on or after July 1, 2014) by
the member's accumulated contributions representing
service prior to July 1, 1947, and (ii) the amount that
can be provided on an actuarially equivalent basis
(using the rate of regular interest in effect at the
time of retirement for retirements occurring on or
after July 1, 2014) by the amount obtained by
multiplying 1.4 times the member's accumulated
contributions covering service subsequent to June 30,
1947; and
(3) If there is prior service, 2 times the amount
that would have been determined under subparagraph (2)
of paragraph (A) above on account of contributions
which would have been made during the period of prior
service creditable to the member had the System been in
operation and had the member made contributions at the
contribution rate in effect prior to July 1, 1947.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph
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(A), a teacher's retirement annuity calculated under this
paragraph (A) shall not be less than the retirement annuity
that teacher would have received under this paragraph (A)
had he or she retired during the fiscal year preceding the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly.
This paragraph (A) does not apply to a person who first
becomes a teacher under this Article on or after July 1,
2005.
(B) An amount consisting of the greater of the
following:
(1) For creditable service earned before July 1,
1998 that has not been augmented under Section
16-129.1: 1.67% of final average salary for each of the
first 10 years of creditable service, 1.90% of final
average salary for each year in excess of 10 but not
exceeding 20, 2.10% of final average salary for each
year in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% of
final average salary for each year in excess of 30; and
For creditable service earned on or after July 1,
1998 by a member who has at least 24 years of
creditable service on July 1, 1998 and who does not
elect to augment service under Section 16-129.1: 2.2%
of final average salary for each year of creditable
service earned on or after July 1, 1998 but before the
member reaches a total of 30 years of creditable
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service and 2.3% of final average salary for each year
of creditable service earned on or after July 1, 1998
and after the member reaches a total of 30 years of
creditable service; and
For all other creditable service: 2.2% of final
average salary for each year of creditable service; or
(2) 1.5% of final average salary for each year of
creditable service plus the sum $7.50 for each of the
first 20 years of creditable service.
The amount of the retirement annuity determined under this
paragraph (B) shall be reduced by 1/2 of 1% for each month
that the member is less than age 60 at the time the
retirement annuity begins. However, this reduction shall
not apply (i) if the member has at least 35 years of
creditable service, or (ii) if the member retires on
account of disability under Section 16-149.2 of this
Article with at least 20 years of creditable service, or
(iii) if the member (1) has earned during the period
immediately preceding the last day of service at least one
year of contributing creditable service as an employee of a
department as defined in Section 14-103.04, (2) has earned
at least 5 years of contributing creditable service as an
employee of a department as defined in Section 14-103.04,
(3) retires on or after January 1, 2001, and (4) retires
having attained an age which, when added to the number of
years of his or her total creditable service, equals at
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least 85. Portions of years shall be counted as decimal
equivalents.
(b) For purposes of this Section, final average salary
shall be the average salary for the highest 4 consecutive years
within the last 10 years of creditable service as determined
under rules of the board. The minimum final average salary
shall be considered to be $2,400 per year.
In the determination of final average salary for members
other than elected officials and their appointees when such
appointees are allowed by statute, that part of a member's
salary for any year beginning after June 30, 1979 which exceeds
the member's annual full-time salary rate with the same
employer for the preceding year by more than 20% shall be
excluded. The exclusion shall not apply in any year in which
the member's creditable earnings are less than 50% of the
preceding year's mean salary for downstate teachers as
determined by the survey of school district salaries provided
in Section 2-3.103 of the School Code.
(c) In determining the amount of the retirement annuity
under paragraph (B) of this Section, a fractional year shall be
granted proportional credit.
(d) The retirement annuity determined under paragraph (B)
of this Section shall be available only to members who render
teaching service after July 1, 1947 for which member
contributions are required, and to annuitants who re-enter
under the provisions of Section 16-150.
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(e) The maximum retirement annuity provided under
paragraph (B) of this Section shall be 75% of final average
salary.
(f) A member retiring after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1998 shall receive a pension equal to 75% of
final average salary if the member is qualified to receive a
retirement annuity equal to at least 74.6% of final average
salary under this Article or as proportional annuities under
Article 20 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 94-4, eff. 6-1-05.)
(40 ILCS 5/16-133.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-133.1)
Sec. 16-133.1. Automatic annual increase in annuity.
(a) This subsection (a) is subject to subsections (a-1) and
(a-2). Each member with creditable service and retiring on or
after August 26, 1969 is entitled to the automatic annual
increases in annuity provided under this Section while
receiving a retirement annuity or disability retirement
annuity from the system.
An annuitant shall first be entitled to an initial increase
under this Section on the January 1 next following the first
anniversary of retirement, or January 1 of the year next
following attainment of age 61, whichever is later. At such
time, the system shall pay an initial increase determined as
follows:
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or disability retirement annuity multiplied by the number
of years elapsed, if any, from the date of retirement until
January 1, 1972, plus
(2) 2% of the originally granted annuity multiplied by
the number of years elapsed, if any, from the date of
retirement or January 1, 1972, whichever is later, until
January 1, 1978, plus
(3) 3% of the originally granted annuity multiplied by
the number of years elapsed from the date of retirement or
January 1, 1978, whichever is later, until the effective
date of the initial increase.
However, the initial annual increase calculated under this
Section for the recipient of a disability retirement annuity
granted under Section 16-149.2 shall be reduced by an amount
equal to the total of all increases in that annuity received
under Section 16-149.5 (but not exceeding 100% of the amount of
the initial increase otherwise provided under this Section).
Following the initial increase, automatic annual increases
in annuity shall be payable on each January 1 thereafter during
the lifetime of the annuitant, determined as a percentage of
the originally granted retirement annuity or disability
retirement annuity for increases granted prior to January 1,
1990, and calculated as a percentage of the total amount of
annuity, including previous increases under this Section, for
increases granted on or after January 1, 1990, as follows: 1.5%
for periods prior to January 1, 1972, 2% for periods after
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December 31, 1971 and prior to January 1, 1978, and 3% for
periods after December 31, 1977.
(a-1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), but subject to the
provisions of subsection (a-2), all automatic increases
payable under subsection (a) on or after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall be
calculated as 3% of the lesser of (1) the total annuity payable
at the time of the increase, including previous increases
granted, or (2) $1,000 multiplied by the number of years of
creditable service upon which the annuity is based; however, in
the case of an initial increase under subsection (a) that is
subject to this subsection:
(i) if more than one year has elapsed from the date of
retirement to the effective date of the initial increase
under this Section, the applicable percentage shall be the
sum of the percentages for each such elapsed year; and
(ii) in the case of a disability retirement annuity
granted under Section 16-149.2, the initial increase shall
be subject to the reduction provided in subsection (a) for
increases previously received under Section 16-149.5.
Beginning January 1, 2016, the $1,000 referred to in item
(2) of this subsection (a-1) shall be increased on each January
1 by the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not less
than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
ending with the preceding September; these adjustments shall be
cumulative and compounded. For the purposes of this subsection
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(a-1), "consumer price index-u" means the index published by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department
of Labor that measures the average change in prices of goods
and services purchased by all urban consumers, United States
city average, all items, 1982-84 = 100. The new dollar amount
resulting from each annual adjustment shall be determined by
the Public Pension Division of the Department of Insurance and
made available to the System by November 1 of each year.
This subsection (a-1) is applicable without regard to
whether the person is in service on or after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
(a-2) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (a-1), for an
active or inactive Tier 1 member who has not begun to receive a
retirement annuity under this Article before July 1, 2014:
(1) the second automatic annual increase payable under
subsection (a) shall be at the rate of 0% of the total
annuity payable at the time of the increase if he or she is
at least age 50 on the effective date of this amendatory
Act;
(2) the second, fourth, and sixth automatic annual
increases payable under subsection (a) shall be at the rate
of 0% of the total annuity payable at the time of the
increase if he or she is at least age 47 but less than age
50 on the effective date of this amendatory Act;
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the rate of 0% of the total annuity payable at the time of
the increase if he or she is at least age 44 but less than
age 47 on the effective date of this amendatory Act; and
(4) the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, and tenth
automatic annual increases payable under subsection (a)
shall be at the rate of 0% of the total annuity payable at
the time of the increase if he or she is less than age 44 on
the effective date of this amendatory Act.
For the purposes of Section 1-103.1, this subsection (a-2)
is applicable without regard to whether the person is in
service on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 98th General Assembly.
(b) The automatic annual increases in annuity provided
under this Section shall not be applicable unless a member has
made contributions toward such increases for a period
equivalent to one full year of creditable service. If a member
contributes for service performed after August 26, 1969 but the
member becomes an annuitant before such contributions amount to
one full year's contributions based on the salary at the date
of retirement, he or she may pay the necessary balance of the
contributions to the system and be eligible for the automatic
annual increases in annuity provided under this Section.
(c) Each member shall make contributions toward the cost of
the automatic annual increases in annuity as provided under
Section 16-152.
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disability retirement annuity on July 1, 1969, who subsequently
re-enters service as a teacher is eligible for the automatic
annual increases in annuity provided under this Section if he
or she renders at least one year of creditable service
following the latest re-entry.
(e) In addition to the automatic annual increases in
annuity provided under this Section, an annuitant who meets the
service requirements of this Section and whose retirement
annuity or disability retirement annuity began on or before
January 1, 1971 shall receive, on January 1, 1981, an increase
in the annuity then being paid of one dollar per month for each
year of creditable service. On January 1, 1982, an annuitant
whose retirement annuity or disability retirement annuity
began on or before January 1, 1977 shall receive an increase in
the annuity then being paid of one dollar per month for each
year of creditable service.
On January 1, 1987, any annuitant whose retirement annuity
began on or before January 1, 1977, shall receive an increase
in the monthly retirement annuity equal to 8¢ per year of
creditable service times the number of years that have elapsed
since the annuity began.
(Source: P.A. 91-927, eff. 12-14-00.)
(40 ILCS 5/16-133.2) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-133.2)
Sec. 16-133.2. Early retirement without discount.
(a) A member retiring after June 1, 1980 and on or before
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June 30, 2005 (or as provided in subsection (b) of this
Section), and applying for a retirement annuity within 6 months
of the last day of teaching for which retirement contributions
were required, may elect at the time of application for a
retirement annuity, to make a one time member contribution to
the System and thereby avoid the reduction in the retirement
annuity for retirement before age 60 specified in paragraph (B)
of Section 16-133. The exercise of the election shall also
obligate the last employer to make a one time non-refundable
contribution to the System. Substitute teachers wishing to
exercise this election must teach 85 or more days in one school
term with one employer, who shall be deemed the last employer
for purposes of this Section. The last day of teaching with
that employer must be within 6 months of the date of
application for retirement. All substitute teaching credit
applied toward the required 85 days must be earned after June
30, 1990.
The one time member and employer contributions shall be a
percentage of the retiring member's highest annual salary rate
used in the determination of the average salary for retirement
annuity purposes. However, when determining the one-time
member and employer contributions, that part of a member's
salary with the same employer which exceeds the annual salary
rate for the preceding year by more than 20% shall be excluded.
The member contribution shall be at the rate of 7% for the
lesser of the following 2 periods: (1) for each year that the
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member is less than age 60; or (2) for each year that the
member's creditable service is less than 35 years. If a member
is at least age 55 and has at least 34 years of creditable
service, no member or employer contribution for the early
retirement option shall be required. The employer contribution
shall be at the rate of 20% for each year the member is under
age 60.
Upon receipt of the application and election, the System
shall determine the one time employee and employer
contributions required. The member contribution shall be
credited to the individual account of the member and the
employer contribution shall be credited to the Benefit Trust
Reserve. The provisions of this subsection (a) providing for
the avoidance of the reduction in retirement annuity shall not
be applicable until the member's contribution, if any, has been
received by the System; however, the date such contributions
are received shall not be considered in determining the
effective date of retirement.
The number of members working for a single employer who may
retire under this subsection or subsection (b) in any year may
be limited at the option of the employer to a specified
percentage of those eligible, not less than 30%, with the right
to participate to be allocated among those applying on the
basis of seniority in the service of the employer.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this Section shall
remain in effect for a member retiring after June 30, 2005 and
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on or before July 1, 2007, provided that the member satisfies
both of the following requirements:
(1) the member notified his or her employer of intent
to retire under this Article on or before the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly
under the terms of a contract or collective bargaining
agreement entered into, amended, or renewed with the
employer on or before the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 94th General Assembly; and
(2) the effective date of the member's retirement is on
or before July 1, 2007.
The member's employer must give evidence of the member's
notification by providing to the System:
(i) a copy of the member's notification to the employer
or the record of that notification;
(ii) an affidavit signed by the member and the
employer, verifying the notification; and
(iii) any additional documentation that the System may
require.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), and
subject to the provisions of Section 16-176, a member retiring
on or after July 1, 2005 and on or before June 30, 2013 (or
January 1, 2014 in the case of a member who has filed a notice
of intent to retire with his or her employer on or before June
30, 2013 and attains age 55 during the period July 1, 2013
through December 31, 2013), and applying for a retirement
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annuity within 6 months of the last day of teaching for which
retirement contributions were required, and whose last day of
teaching is on or before June 30, 2013, may elect at the time
of application for a retirement annuity, to make a one-time
member contribution to the System and thereby avoid the
reduction in the retirement annuity for retirement before age
60 specified in paragraph (B) of Section 16-133. The exercise
of the election shall also obligate the last employer to make a
one-time nonrefundable contribution to the System. Substitute
teachers wishing to exercise this election must teach 85 or
more days in one school term with one employer, who shall be
deemed the last employer for purposes of this Section. The last
day of teaching with that employer must be within 6 months of
the date of application for retirement. All substitute teaching
credit applied toward the required 85 days must be earned after
June 30, 1990.
The one-time member and employer contributions shall be a
percentage of the retiring member's highest annual salary rate
used in the determination of the average salary for retirement
annuity purposes. However, when determining the one-time
member and employer contributions, that part of a member's
salary with the same employer which exceeds the annual salary
rate for the preceding year by more than 20% shall be excluded.
The member contribution shall be at the rate of 11.5% for the
lesser of the following 2 periods: (1) for each year that the
member is less than age 60; or (2) for each year that the
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member's creditable service is less than 35 years. The employer
contribution shall be at the rate of 23.5% for each year the
member is under age 60.
Upon receipt of the application and election, the System
shall determine the one-time employee and employer
contributions required. The member contribution shall be
credited to the individual account of the member and the
employer contribution shall be credited to the Benefit Trust
Reserve. The avoidance of the reduction in retirement annuity
provided under this subsection (c) is not applicable until the
member's contribution, if any, has been received by the System;
however, the date that contribution is received shall not be
considered in determining the effective date of retirement.
The number of members working for a single employer who may
retire under this subsection (c) in any year may be limited at
the option of the employer to a specified percentage of those
eligible, not less than 10%, with the right to participate to
be allocated among those applying on the basis of seniority in
the service of the employer.
For persons not qualifying for the early retirement without
discount option under this subsection (c), the option is
extended for 3 years under subsection (d), but subject to the
changes in eligibility, conditions, and required contributions
provided in that subsection.
(d) A member who is not eligible for the early retirement
without discount option under subsection (c) may qualify for
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the early retirement without discount option under this
subsection (d) if the member (1) retires on or after July 1,
2013 and before July 1, 2016, (2) applies for a retirement
annuity within 6 months of the last day of teaching for which
retirement contributions were required, and (3) receives a
certification of eligibility under this subsection from the
member's last employer. Substitute teachers wishing to
exercise this election must teach 85 or more days in one school
term with one employer, who shall be deemed the last employer
for purposes of this Section. The last day of teaching with
that employer must be within 6 months of the date of
application for retirement. All substitute teaching credit
applied toward the required 85 days must be earned after June
30, 1990.
A qualifying member may elect at the time of application
for a retirement annuity to make a one-time member contribution
to the System and thereby avoid the reduction in the retirement
annuity for retirement before age 60 specified in paragraph (B)
of Section 16-133. The exercise of this election shall also
obligate the last employer to make a one-time nonrefundable
contribution to the System.
The one-time member and employer contributions shall be a
percentage of the retiring member's highest annual salary rate
used in the determination of the average salary for retirement
annuity purposes. However, when determining the one-time
member and employer contributions, that part of a member's
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salary with the same employer which exceeds the annual salary
rate for the preceding year by more than 20% shall be excluded.
The member contribution shall be at the rate of 14.4% for the
lesser of the following 2 periods: (1) for each year that the
member is less than age 60; or (2) for each year that the
member's creditable service is less than 35 years. The employer
contribution shall be at the rate of 29.3% for each year the
member is under age 60.
Upon receipt of the application, election, and
certification of eligibility, the System shall determine the
one-time employee and employer contributions required. The
member contribution shall be credited to the individual account
of the member and the employer contribution shall be credited
to the Benefit Trust Reserve. The avoidance of the reduction in
retirement annuity provided under this subsection (d) is not
applicable until the member's contribution has been received by
the System; however, the date that contribution is received
shall not be considered in determining the effective date of
retirement.
Eligibility to retire under this subsection (d) shall
require the approval of the member's last employer under this
Article, granted in accordance with criteria adopted by that
employer with the mutual consent of the bargaining agent of a
majority of the members employed by that employer. If the
employer grants its approval for a member to retire under this
subsection (d), the employer shall submit a certification of
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eligibility for the member in a manner prescribed by the
System.
The early retirement without discount option under this
subsection (d) terminates on July 1, 2016.
For participants to whom subsection (b) of Section 16-132
applies, the references to age 60 in this subsection are
increased as provided in subsection (b) of Section 16-132.
(Source: P.A. 98-42, eff. 6-28-13.)
(40 ILCS 5/16-136.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-136.1)
Sec. 16-136.1. Annual increase for certain annuitants. (a)
Any annuitant receiving a retirement annuity on June 30, 1969
and any member retiring after June 30, 1969 shall be eligible
for the annual increases provided under this Section provided
the annuitant is ineligible for the automatic annual increase
in annuity provided under Section 16-133.1, and provided
further that (1) retirement occurred at age 55 or over and was
based on 5 or more years of creditable service or (2) if
retirement occurred prior to age 55, the retirement annuity was
based on 20 or more years of creditable service.
(b) This subsection (b) is subject to subsections (b-1) and
(b-2). An annuitant entitled to increases under this Section
shall be entitled to the initial increase as of the later of:
(1) January 1 following attainment of age 65, (2) January 1
following the first anniversary of retirement, or (3) the first
day of the month following receipt of the required qualifying
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contribution from the annuitant. The initial monthly increase
shall be computed on the basis of the period elapsed between
the later of the date of last retirement or attainment of age
50 and the date of qualification for the initial increase, at
the rate of 1 1/2% of the original monthly retirement annuity
per year for periods prior to September 1, 1971, and at the
rate of 2% per year for periods between September 1, 1971 and
September 1, 1978, and at the rate of 3% per year for periods
thereafter.
An annuitant who has received an initial increase under
this Section, shall be entitled, on each January 1 following
the granting of the initial increase, to an increase of 3% of
the original monthly retirement annuity for increases granted
prior to January 1, 1990, and equal to 3% of the total annuity,
including previous increases under this Section, for increases
granted on or after January 1, 1990. The original monthly
retirement annuity for computations under this subsection (b)
shall be considered to be $83.34 for any annuitant entitled to
benefits under Section 16-134. The minimum original disability
retirement annuity for computations under this subsection (b)
shall be considered to be $33.34 per month for any annuitant
retired on account of disability.
(b-1) Notwithstanding subsection (b), but subject to the
provisions of subsection (b-2), all automatic increases
payable under subsection (b) on or after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall be
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calculated as 3% of the lesser of (1) the total annuity payable
at the time of the increase, including previous increases
granted, or (2) $1,000 multiplied by the number of years of
creditable service upon which the annuity is based; however, in
the case of an initial increase under subsection (b) that is
subject to this subsection, if more than one year has elapsed
from the date of retirement to the effective date of the
initial increase under this Section, the applicable percentage
shall be the sum of the percentages for each such elapsed year.
Beginning January 1, 2016, the $1,000 referred to in item
(2) of this subsection (b-1) shall be increased on each January
1 by the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not less
than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
ending with the preceding September; these adjustments shall be
cumulative and compounded. For the purposes of this subsection
(b-1), "consumer price index-u" means the index published by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department
of Labor that measures the average change in prices of goods
and services purchased by all urban consumers, United States
city average, all items, 1982-84 = 100. The new dollar amount
resulting from each annual adjustment shall be determined by
the Public Pension Division of the Department of Insurance and
made available to the System by November 1 of each year.
This subsection (b-1) is applicable without regard to
whether the person is in service on or after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
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(b-2) Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (b-1), for an
active or inactive Tier 1 member who is subject to this Section
and has not begun to receive a retirement annuity under this
Article before July 1, 2014:
(1) the second automatic annual increase payable under
subsection (b) shall be at the rate of 0% of the total
annuity payable at the time of the increase if he or she is
at least age 50 on the effective date of this amendatory
Act;
(2) the second, fourth, and sixth automatic annual
increases payable under subsection (b) shall be at the rate
of 0% of the total annuity payable at the time of the
increase if he or she is at least age 47 but less than age
50 on the effective date of this amendatory Act;
(3) the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth automatic
annual increases payable under subsection (b) shall be at
the rate of 0% of the total annuity payable at the time of
the increase if he or she is at least age 44 but less than
age 47 on the effective date of this amendatory Act; and
(4) the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, and tenth
automatic annual increases payable under subsection (b)
shall be at the rate of 0% of the total annuity payable at
the time of the increase if he or she is less than age 44 on
the effective date of this amendatory Act.
For the purposes of Section 1-103.1, this subsection (b-2)
is applicable without regard to whether the person is in
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service on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 98th General Assembly.
(c) An annuitant who otherwise qualifies for annual
increases under this Section must make a one-time payment of 1%
of the monthly final average salary for each full year of the
creditable service forming the basis of the retirement annuity
or, if the retirement annuity was not computed using final
average salary, 1% of the original monthly retirement annuity
for each full year of service forming the basis of the
retirement annuity.
(d) In addition to other increases which may be provided by
this Section, regardless of creditable service, annuitants not
meeting the service requirements of Section 16-133.1 and whose
retirement annuity began on or before January 1, 1971 shall
receive, on January 1, 1981, an increase in the retirement
annuity then being paid of one dollar per month for each year
of creditable service forming the basis of the retirement
allowance. On January 1, 1982, annuitants whose retirement
annuity began on or before January 1, 1977, shall receive an
increase in the retirement annuity then being paid of one
dollar per month for each year of creditable service.
On January 1, 1987, any annuitant whose retirement annuity
began on or before January 1, 1977, shall receive an increase
in the monthly retirement annuity equal to 8¢ per year of
creditable service times the number of years that have elapsed
since the annuity began.
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(40 ILCS 5/16-152) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-152)
Sec. 16-152. Contributions by members.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (a-5), each Each
member shall make contributions for membership service to this
System as follows:
(1) Effective July 1, 1998, contributions of 7.50% of
salary towards the cost of the retirement annuity. Such
contributions shall be deemed "normal contributions".
(2) Effective July 1, 1969 and, in the case of Tier 1
members, ending on June 30, 2014, contributions of 1/2 of
1% of salary toward the cost of the automatic annual
increase in retirement annuity provided under Section
16-133.1.
(3) Effective July 24, 1959, contributions of 1% of
salary towards the cost of survivor benefits. Such
contributions shall not be credited to the individual
account of the member and shall not be subject to refund
except as provided under Section 16-143.2.
(4) Effective July 1, 2005, contributions of 0.40% of
salary toward the cost of the early retirement without
discount option provided under Section 16-133.2. This
contribution shall cease upon termination of the early
retirement without discount option as provided in Section
16-133.2.
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(a-5) Beginning July 1, 2014, in lieu of the contribution
otherwise required under paragraph (1) of subsection (a), each
Tier 1 member shall contribute 7% of salary towards the cost of
the retirement annuity. Contributions made pursuant to this
subsection (a-5) shall be deemed "normal contributions".
(b) The minimum required contribution for any year of
full-time teaching service shall be $192.
(c) Contributions shall not be required of any annuitant
receiving a retirement annuity who is given employment as
permitted under Section 16-118 or 16-150.1.
(d) A person who (i) was a member before July 1, 1998, (ii)
retires with more than 34 years of creditable service, and
(iii) does not elect to qualify for the augmented rate under
Section 16-129.1 shall be entitled, at the time of retirement,
to receive a partial refund of contributions made under this
Section for service occurring after the later of June 30, 1998
or attainment of 34 years of creditable service, in an amount
equal to 1.00% of the salary upon which those contributions
were based.
(e) A member's contributions toward the cost of early
retirement without discount made under item (a)(4) of this
Section shall not be refunded if the member has elected early
retirement without discount under Section 16-133.2 and has
begun to receive a retirement annuity under this Article
calculated in accordance with that election. Otherwise, a
member's contributions toward the cost of early retirement
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without discount made under item (a)(4) of this Section shall
be refunded according to whichever one of the following
circumstances occurs first:
(1) The contributions shall be refunded to the member,
without interest, within 120 days after the member's
retirement annuity commences, if the member does not elect
early retirement without discount under Section 16-133.2.
(2) The contributions shall be included, without
interest, in any refund claimed by the member under Section
16-151.
(3) The contributions shall be refunded to the member's
designated beneficiary (or if there is no beneficiary, to
the member's estate), without interest, if the member dies
without having begun to receive a retirement annuity under
this Article.
(4) The contributions shall be refunded to the member,
without interest, if the early retirement without discount
option provided under subsection (d) of Section 16-133.2 is
terminated. In that event, the System shall provide to the
member, within 120 days after the option is terminated, an
application for a refund of those contributions.
(Source: P.A. 98-42, eff. 6-28-13; 98-92, eff. 7-16-13; revised
7-23-13.)
(40 ILCS 5/16-152.5 new)
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subsidies. The System shall not use any contribution received
by the System under this Article to provide a subsidy for the
cost of participation in a retiree health care program.
(40 ILCS 5/16-158) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-158)
Sec. 16-158. Contributions by State and other employing
units.
(a) The State shall make contributions to the System by
means of appropriations from the Common School Fund and other
State funds of amounts which, together with other employer
contributions, employee contributions, investment income, and
other income, will be sufficient to meet the cost of
maintaining and administering the System on a 100% 90% funded
basis in accordance with actuarial recommendations by the end
of State fiscal year 2044.
The Board shall determine the amount of State contributions
required for each fiscal year on the basis of the actuarial
tables and other assumptions adopted by the Board and the
recommendations of the actuary, using the formula in subsection
(b-3).
(a-1) Annually, on or before November 15 through until
November 15, 2011, the Board shall certify to the Governor the
amount of the required State contribution for the coming fiscal
year. The certification under this subsection (a-1) shall
include a copy of the actuarial recommendations upon which it
is based and shall specifically identify the System's projected
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State normal cost for that fiscal year.
On or before May 1, 2004, the Board shall recalculate and
recertify to the Governor the amount of the required State
contribution to the System for State fiscal year 2005, taking
into account the amounts appropriated to and received by the
System under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General
Obligation Bond Act.
On or before July 1, 2005, the Board shall recalculate and
recertify to the Governor the amount of the required State
contribution to the System for State fiscal year 2006, taking
into account the changes in required State contributions made
by this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
On or before April 1, 2011, the Board shall recalculate and
recertify to the Governor the amount of the required State
contribution to the System for State fiscal year 2011, applying
the changes made by Public Act 96-889 to the System's assets
and liabilities as of June 30, 2009 as though Public Act 96-889
was approved on that date.
(a-5) On or before November 1 of each year, beginning
November 1, 2012, the Board shall submit to the State Actuary,
the Governor, and the General Assembly a proposed certification
of the amount of the required State contribution to the System
for the next fiscal year, along with all of the actuarial
assumptions, calculations, and data upon which that proposed
certification is based. On or before January 1 of each year,
beginning January 1, 2013, the State Actuary shall issue a
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preliminary report concerning the proposed certification and
identifying, if necessary, recommended changes in actuarial
assumptions that the Board must consider before finalizing its
certification of the required State contributions.
On or before January 15, 2013 and each January 15
thereafter, the Board shall certify to the Governor and the
General Assembly the amount of the required State contribution
for the next fiscal year. The certification shall include a
copy of the actuarial recommendations upon which it is based
and shall specifically identify the System's projected State
normal cost for that fiscal year. The Board's certification
must note any deviations from the State Actuary's recommended
changes, the reason or reasons for not following the State
Actuary's recommended changes, and the fiscal impact of not
following the State Actuary's recommended changes on the
required State contribution.
(a-10) For purposes of Section (c-5) of Section 20 of the
Budget Stabilization Act, on or before November 1 of each year
beginning November 1, 2014, the Board shall determine the
amount of the State contribution to the System that would have
been required for the next fiscal year if this amendatory Act
of the 98th General Assembly had not taken effect, using the
best and most recent available data but based on the law in
effect on May 31, 2014. The Board shall submit to the State
Actuary, the Governor, and the General Assembly a proposed
certification, along with the relevant law, actuarial
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assumptions, calculations, and data upon which that
certification is based. On or before January 1,2015 and every
January 1 thereafter, the State Actuary shall issue a
preliminary report concerning the proposed certification and
identifying, if necessary, recommended changes in actuarial
assumptions that the Board must consider before finalizing its
certification. On or before January 15, 2015 and every January
1 thereafter, the Board shall certify to the Governor and the
General Assembly the amount of the State contribution to the
System that would have been required for the next fiscal year
if this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly had not
taken effect, using the best and most recent available data but
based on the law in effect on May 31, 2014. The Board's
certification must note any deviations from the State Actuary's
recommended changes, the reason or reasons for not following
the State Actuary's recommended changes, and the impact of not
following the State Actuary's recommended changes.
(b) Through State fiscal year 1995, the State contributions
shall be paid to the System in accordance with Section 18-7 of
the School Code.
(b-1) Beginning in State fiscal year 1996, on the 15th day
of each month, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, the
Board shall submit vouchers for payment of State contributions
to the System, in a total monthly amount of one-twelfth of the
required annual State contribution certified under subsection
(a-1). From the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
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93rd General Assembly through June 30, 2004, the Board shall
not submit vouchers for the remainder of fiscal year 2004 in
excess of the fiscal year 2004 certified contribution amount
determined under this Section after taking into consideration
the transfer to the System under subsection (a) of Section
6z-61 of the State Finance Act. These vouchers shall be paid by
the State Comptroller and Treasurer by warrants drawn on the
funds appropriated to the System for that fiscal year.
If in any month the amount remaining unexpended from all
other appropriations to the System for the applicable fiscal
year (including the appropriations to the System under Section
8.12 of the State Finance Act and Section 1 of the State
Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act) is less than the
amount lawfully vouchered under this subsection, the
difference shall be paid from the Common School Fund under the
continuing appropriation authority provided in Section 1.1 of
the State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act.
(b-2) Allocations from the Common School Fund apportioned
to school districts not coming under this System shall not be
diminished or affected by the provisions of this Article.
(b-3) For State fiscal years 2015 through 2044, the minimum
contribution to the System to be made by the State for each
fiscal year shall be an amount determined by the System to be
equal to the sum of (1) the State's portion of the projected
normal cost for that fiscal year, plus (2) an amount sufficient
to bring the total assets of the System up to 100% of the total
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actuarial liabilities of the System by the end of State fiscal
year 2044. In making these determinations, the required State
contribution shall be calculated each year as a level
percentage of payroll over the years remaining to and including
fiscal year 2044 and shall be determined under the projected
unit cost method for fiscal year 2015 and under the entry age
normal actuarial cost method for fiscal years 2016 through
2044.
For State fiscal years 2012 through 2014 2045, the minimum
contribution to the System to be made by the State for each
fiscal year shall be an amount determined by the System to be
sufficient to bring the total assets of the System up to 90% of
the total actuarial liabilities of the System by the end of
State fiscal year 2045. In making these determinations, the
required State contribution shall be calculated each year as a
level percentage of payroll over the years remaining to and
including fiscal year 2045 and shall be determined under the
projected unit credit actuarial cost method.
For State fiscal years 1996 through 2005, the State
contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is contributing at
the rate required under this Section; except that in the
following specified State fiscal years, the State contribution
to the System shall not be less than the following indicated
percentages of the applicable employee payroll, even if the
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indicated percentage will produce a State contribution in
excess of the amount otherwise required under this subsection
and subsection (a), and notwithstanding any contrary
certification made under subsection (a-1) before the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1998: 10.02% in FY 1999; 10.77%
in FY 2000; 11.47% in FY 2001; 12.16% in FY 2002; 12.86% in FY
2003; and 13.56% in FY 2004.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2006 is
$534,627,700.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2007 is
$738,014,500.
For each of State fiscal years 2008 through 2009, the State
contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
from the required State contribution for State fiscal year
2007, so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2010 is
$2,089,268,000 and shall be made from the proceeds of bonds
sold in fiscal year 2010 pursuant to Section 7.2 of the General
Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the pro rata share of bond sale
expenses determined by the System's share of total bond
proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from the Common School Fund
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in fiscal year 2010, and (iii) any reduction in bond proceeds
due to the issuance of discounted bonds, if applicable.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2011 is
the amount recertified by the System on or before April 1, 2011
pursuant to subsection (a-1) of this Section and shall be made
from the proceeds of bonds sold in fiscal year 2011 pursuant to
Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the
pro rata share of bond sale expenses determined by the System's
share of total bond proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from
the Common School Fund in fiscal year 2011, and (iii) any
reduction in bond proceeds due to the issuance of discounted
bonds, if applicable. This amount shall include, in addition to
the amount certified by the System, an amount necessary to meet
employer contributions required by the State as an employer
under paragraph (e) of this Section, which may also be used by
the System for contributions required by paragraph (a) of
Section 16-127.
Beginning in State fiscal year 2045, the minimum State
contribution for each fiscal year shall be the amount needed to
maintain the total assets of the System at 100% of the total
actuarial liabilities of the System.
Beginning in State fiscal year 2046, the minimum State
contribution for each fiscal year shall be the amount needed to
maintain the total assets of the System at 90% of the total
actuarial liabilities of the System.
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Amounts received by the System pursuant to Section 25 of
the Budget Stabilization Act or Section 8.12 of the State
Finance Act in any fiscal year do not reduce and do not
constitute payment of any portion of the minimum State
contribution required under this Article in that fiscal year.
Such amounts shall not reduce, and shall not be included in the
calculation of, the required State contributions under this
Article in any future year until the System has reached a
funding ratio of at least 100% 90%. A reference in this Article
to the "required State contribution" or any substantially
similar term does not include or apply to any amounts payable
to the System under Section 25 of the Budget Stabilization Act.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
required State contribution for State fiscal year 2005 and for
fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter through State
fiscal year 2014, as calculated under this Section and
certified under subsection (a-1), shall not exceed an amount
equal to (i) the amount of the required State contribution that
would have been calculated under this Section for that fiscal
year if the System had not received any payments under
subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act, minus (ii) the portion of the State's total debt service
payments for that fiscal year on the bonds issued in fiscal
year 2003 for the purposes of that Section 7.2, as determined
and certified by the Comptroller, that is the same as the
System's portion of the total moneys distributed under
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subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act. In determining this maximum for State fiscal years 2008
through 2010, however, the amount referred to in item (i) shall
be increased, as a percentage of the applicable employee
payroll, in equal increments calculated from the sum of the
required State contribution for State fiscal year 2007 plus the
applicable portion of the State's total debt service payments
for fiscal year 2007 on the bonds issued in fiscal year 2003
for the purposes of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond
Act, so that, by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
(c) Payment of the required State contributions and of all
pensions, retirement annuities, death benefits, refunds, and
other benefits granted under or assumed by this System, and all
expenses in connection with the administration and operation
thereof, are obligations of the State.
If members are paid from special trust or federal funds
which are administered by the employing unit, whether school
district or other unit, the employing unit shall pay to the
System from such funds the full accruing retirement costs based
upon that service, as determined by the System. Employer
contributions, based on salary paid to members from federal
funds, may be forwarded by the distributing agency of the State
of Illinois to the System prior to allocation, in an amount
determined in accordance with guidelines established by such
agency and the System.
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(d) Effective July 1, 1986, any employer of a teacher as
defined in paragraph (8) of Section 16-106 shall pay the
employer's normal cost of benefits based upon the teacher's
service, in addition to employee contributions, as determined
by the System. Such employer contributions shall be forwarded
monthly in accordance with guidelines established by the
System.
However, with respect to benefits granted under Section
16-133.4 or 16-133.5 to a teacher as defined in paragraph (8)
of Section 16-106, the employer's contribution shall be 12%
(rather than 20%) of the member's highest annual salary rate
for each year of creditable service granted, and the employer
shall also pay the required employee contribution on behalf of
the teacher. For the purposes of Sections 16-133.4 and
16-133.5, a teacher as defined in paragraph (8) of Section
16-106 who is serving in that capacity while on leave of
absence from another employer under this Article shall not be
considered an employee of the employer from which the teacher
is on leave.
(e) Beginning July 1, 1998, every employer of a teacher
shall pay to the System an employer contribution computed as
follows:
(1) Beginning July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999, the
employer contribution shall be equal to 0.3% of each
teacher's salary.
(2) Beginning July 1, 1999 and thereafter, the employer
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contribution shall be equal to 0.58% of each teacher's
salary.
The school district or other employing unit may pay these
employer contributions out of any source of funding available
for that purpose and shall forward the contributions to the
System on the schedule established for the payment of member
contributions.
These employer contributions are intended to offset a
portion of the cost to the System of the increases in
retirement benefits resulting from this amendatory Act of 1998.
Each employer of teachers is entitled to a credit against
the contributions required under this subsection (e) with
respect to salaries paid to teachers for the period January 1,
2002 through June 30, 2003, equal to the amount paid by that
employer under subsection (a-5) of Section 6.6 of the State
Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 with respect to salaries
paid to teachers for that period.
The additional 1% employee contribution required under
Section 16-152 by this amendatory Act of 1998 is the
responsibility of the teacher and not the teacher's employer,
unless the employer agrees, through collective bargaining or
otherwise, to make the contribution on behalf of the teacher.
If an employer is required by a contract in effect on May
1, 1998 between the employer and an employee organization to
pay, on behalf of all its full-time employees covered by this
Article, all mandatory employee contributions required under
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this Article, then the employer shall be excused from paying
the employer contribution required under this subsection (e)
for the balance of the term of that contract. The employer and
the employee organization shall jointly certify to the System
the existence of the contractual requirement, in such form as
the System may prescribe. This exclusion shall cease upon the
termination, extension, or renewal of the contract at any time
after May 1, 1998.
(f) If the amount of a teacher's salary for any school year
used to determine final average salary exceeds the member's
annual full-time salary rate with the same employer for the
previous school year by more than 6%, the teacher's employer
shall pay to the System, in addition to all other payments
required under this Section and in accordance with guidelines
established by the System, the present value of the increase in
benefits resulting from the portion of the increase in salary
that is in excess of 6%. This present value shall be computed
by the System on the basis of the actuarial assumptions and
tables used in the most recent actuarial valuation of the
System that is available at the time of the computation. If a
teacher's salary for the 2005-2006 school year is used to
determine final average salary under this subsection (f), then
the changes made to this subsection (f) by Public Act 94-1057
shall apply in calculating whether the increase in his or her
salary is in excess of 6%. For the purposes of this Section,
change in employment under Section 10-21.12 of the School Code
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on or after June 1, 2005 shall constitute a change in employer.
The System may require the employer to provide any pertinent
information or documentation. The changes made to this
subsection (f) by this amendatory Act of the 94th General
Assembly apply without regard to whether the teacher was in
service on or after its effective date.
Whenever it determines that a payment is or may be required
under this subsection, the System shall calculate the amount of
the payment and bill the employer for that amount. The bill
shall specify the calculations used to determine the amount
due. If the employer disputes the amount of the bill, it may,
within 30 days after receipt of the bill, apply to the System
in writing for a recalculation. The application must specify in
detail the grounds of the dispute and, if the employer asserts
that the calculation is subject to subsection (g) or (h) of
this Section, must include an affidavit setting forth and
attesting to all facts within the employer's knowledge that are
pertinent to the applicability of that subsection. Upon
receiving a timely application for recalculation, the System
shall review the application and, if appropriate, recalculate
the amount due.
The employer contributions required under this subsection
(f) may be paid in the form of a lump sum within 90 days after
receipt of the bill. If the employer contributions are not paid
within 90 days after receipt of the bill, then interest will be
charged at a rate equal to the System's annual actuarially
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assumed rate of return on investment compounded annually from
the 91st day after receipt of the bill. Payments must be
concluded within 3 years after the employer's receipt of the
bill.
(g) This subsection (g) applies only to payments made or
salary increases given on or after June 1, 2005 but before July
1, 2011. The changes made by Public Act 94-1057 shall not
require the System to refund any payments received before July
31, 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-1057).
When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
(f), the System shall exclude salary increases paid to teachers
under contracts or collective bargaining agreements entered
into, amended, or renewed before June 1, 2005.
When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
(f), the System shall exclude salary increases paid to a
teacher at a time when the teacher is 10 or more years from
retirement eligibility under Section 16-132 or 16-133.2.
When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
(f), the System shall exclude salary increases resulting from
overload work, including summer school, when the school
district has certified to the System, and the System has
approved the certification, that (i) the overload work is for
the sole purpose of classroom instruction in excess of the
standard number of classes for a full-time teacher in a school
district during a school year and (ii) the salary increases are
equal to or less than the rate of pay for classroom instruction
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computed on the teacher's current salary and work schedule.
When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
(f), the System shall exclude a salary increase resulting from
a promotion (i) for which the employee is required to hold a
certificate or supervisory endorsement issued by the State
Teacher Certification Board that is a different certification
or supervisory endorsement than is required for the teacher's
previous position and (ii) to a position that has existed and
been filled by a member for no less than one complete academic
year and the salary increase from the promotion is an increase
that results in an amount no greater than the lesser of the
average salary paid for other similar positions in the district
requiring the same certification or the amount stipulated in
the collective bargaining agreement for a similar position
requiring the same certification.
When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
(f), the System shall exclude any payment to the teacher from
the State of Illinois or the State Board of Education over
which the employer does not have discretion, notwithstanding
that the payment is included in the computation of final
average salary.
(h) When assessing payment for any amount due under
subsection (f), the System shall exclude any salary increase
described in subsection (g) of this Section given on or after
July 1, 2011 but before July 1, 2014 under a contract or
collective bargaining agreement entered into, amended, or
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renewed on or after June 1, 2005 but before July 1, 2011.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, any
payments made or salary increases given after June 30, 2014
shall be used in assessing payment for any amount due under
subsection (f) of this Section.
(i) The System shall prepare a report and file copies of
the report with the Governor and the General Assembly by
January 1, 2007 that contains all of the following information:
(1) The number of recalculations required by the
changes made to this Section by Public Act 94-1057 for each
employer.
(2) The dollar amount by which each employer's
contribution to the System was changed due to
recalculations required by Public Act 94-1057.
(3) The total amount the System received from each
employer as a result of the changes made to this Section by
Public Act 94-4.
(4) The increase in the required State contribution
resulting from the changes made to this Section by Public
Act 94-1057.
(j) For purposes of determining the required State
contribution to the System, the value of the System's assets
shall be equal to the actuarial value of the System's assets,
which shall be calculated as follows:
As of June 30, 2008, the actuarial value of the System's
assets shall be equal to the market value of the assets as of
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that date. In determining the actuarial value of the System's
assets for fiscal years after June 30, 2008, any actuarial
gains or losses from investment return incurred in a fiscal
year shall be recognized in equal annual amounts over the
5-year period following that fiscal year.
(k) For purposes of determining the required State
contribution to the system for a particular year, the actuarial
value of assets shall be assumed to earn a rate of return equal
to the system's actuarially assumed rate of return.
(Source: P.A. 96-43, eff. 7-15-09; 96-1497, eff. 1-14-11;
96-1511, eff. 1-27-11; 96-1554, eff. 3-18-11; 97-694, eff.
6-18-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
(40 ILCS 5/16-158.2 new)
Sec. 16-158.2. Obligations of State; funding guarantee.
(a) Beginning July 1, 2014, the State shall be obligated to
contribute to the System in each State fiscal year an amount
not less than the sum of (i) the State's normal cost for the
year and (ii) the portion of the unfunded accrued liability
assigned to that year by law. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, if the State fails to pay an amount required
under this subsection, it shall be the obligation of the Board
to seek payment of the required amount in compliance with the
provisions of this Section and, if the amount remains unpaid,
to bring a mandamus action in the Supreme Court of Illinois to
compel the State to make the required payment.
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If the System submits a voucher for contributions required
under Section 16-158 and the State fails to pay that voucher
within 90 days of its receipt, the Board shall submit a written
request to the Comptroller seeking payment. A copy of the
request shall be filed with the Secretary of State, and the
Secretary of State shall provide a copy to the Governor and
General Assembly. No earlier than the 16th day after the System
files the request with the Comptroller and Secretary of State,
if the amount remains unpaid the Board shall commence a
mandamus action in the Supreme Court of Illinois to compel the
Comptroller to satisfy the voucher.
This subsection (a) constitutes an express waiver of the
State's sovereign immunity solely to the extent that it permits
the Board to commence a mandamus action in the Supreme Court of
Illinois to compel the Comptroller to pay a voucher for the
contributions required under Section 16-158.
(b) Beginning in State fiscal year 2016, the State shall be
obligated to make the transfers set forth in subsections (c-5)
and (c-10) of Section 20 of the Budget Stabilization Act and to
pay to the System its proportionate share of the transferred
amounts in accordance with Section 25 of the Budget
Stabilization Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
if the State fails to transfer an amount required under this
subsection or to pay to the System its proportionate share of
the transferred amount in accordance with Section 25 of the
Budget Stabilization Act, it shall be the obligation of the
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Board to seek transfer or payment of the required amount in
compliance with the provisions of this Section and, if the
required amount remains untransferred or the required payment
remains unpaid, to bring a mandamus action in the Supreme Court
of Illinois to compel the State to make the required transfer
or payment or both, as the case may be.
If the State fails to make a transfer required under
subsection (c-5) or (c-10) of Section 20 of the Budget
Stabilization Act or a payment to the System required under
Section 25 of that Act, the Board shall submit a written
request to the Comptroller seeking payment. A copy of the
request shall be filed with the Secretary of State, and the
Secretary of State shall provide a copy to the Governor and
General Assembly. No earlier than the 16th day after the System
files the request with the Comptroller and Secretary of State,
if the required amount remains untransferred or the required
payment remains unpaid, the Board shall commence a mandamus
action in the Supreme Court of Illinois to compel the
Comptroller to make the required transfer or payment or both,
as the case may be.
This subsection (b) constitutes an express waiver of the
State's sovereign immunity solely to the extent that it permits
the Board to commence a mandamus action in the Supreme Court of
Illinois to compel the Comptroller to make a transfer required
under subsection (c-5) or (c-10) of Section 20 of the Budget
Stabilization Act and to pay to the System its proportionate
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share of the transferred amount in accordance with Section 25
of the Budget Stabilization Act.
The obligations created by this subsection (b) expire when
all of the requirements of subsections (c-5) and (c-10) of
Section 20 of the Budget Stabilization Act and Section 25 of
the Budget Stabilization Act have been met.
(c) Any payments and transfers required to be made by the
State pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) are expressly
subordinate to the payment of the principal, interest, and
premium, if any, on any bonded debt obligation of the State or
any other State-created entity, either currently outstanding
or to be issued, for which the source of repayment or security
thereon is derived directly or indirectly from tax revenues
collected by the State or any other State-created entity.
Payments on such bonded obligations include any statutory fund
transfers or other prefunding mechanisms or formulas set forth,
now or hereafter, in State law or bond indentures, into debt
service funds or accounts of the State related to such bond
obligations, consistent with the payment schedules associated
with such obligations.
(40 ILCS 5/16-203)
Sec. 16-203. Application and expiration of new benefit
increases.
(a) As used in this Section, "new benefit increase" means
an increase in the amount of any benefit provided under this
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Article, or an expansion of the conditions of eligibility for
any benefit under this Article, that results from an amendment
to this Code that takes effect after June 1, 2005 (the
effective date of Public Act 94-4). "New benefit increase",
however, does not include any benefit increase resulting from
the changes made to this Article by Public Act 95-910 or by
this amendatory Act of the 98th 95th General Assembly.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or any
subsequent amendment to this Code, every new benefit increase
is subject to this Section and shall be deemed to be granted
only in conformance with and contingent upon compliance with
the provisions of this Section.
(c) The Public Act enacting a new benefit increase must
identify and provide for payment to the System of additional
funding at least sufficient to fund the resulting annual
increase in cost to the System as it accrues.
Every new benefit increase is contingent upon the General
Assembly providing the additional funding required under this
subsection. The Commission on Government Forecasting and
Accountability shall analyze whether adequate additional
funding has been provided for the new benefit increase and
shall report its analysis to the Public Pension Division of the
Department of Insurance Financial and Professional Regulation.
A new benefit increase created by a Public Act that does not
include the additional funding required under this subsection
is null and void. If the Public Pension Division determines
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that the additional funding provided for a new benefit increase
under this subsection is or has become inadequate, it may so
certify to the Governor and the State Comptroller and, in the
absence of corrective action by the General Assembly, the new
benefit increase shall expire at the end of the fiscal year in
which the certification is made.
(d) Every new benefit increase shall expire 5 years after
its effective date or on such earlier date as may be specified
in the language enacting the new benefit increase or provided
under subsection (c). This does not prevent the General
Assembly from extending or re-creating a new benefit increase
by law.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in the language creating
the new benefit increase, a new benefit increase that expires
under this Section continues to apply to persons who applied
and qualified for the affected benefit while the new benefit
increase was in effect and to the affected beneficiaries and
alternate payees of such persons, but does not apply to any
other person, including without limitation a person who
continues in service after the expiration date and did not
apply and qualify for the affected benefit while the new
benefit increase was in effect.
(Source: P.A. 94-4, eff. 6-1-05; 95-910, eff. 8-26-08.)
(40 ILCS 5/16-205 new)
Sec. 16-205. Defined contribution plan.
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(a) By July 1, 2015, the System shall prepare and implement
a voluntary defined contribution plan for up to 5% of eligible
active Tier 1 members. The System shall determine the 5% cap by
determining the number of Tier 1 active employees on the
effective date of this Section. The defined contribution plan
developed under this Section shall be a plan that aggregates
employer and employee contributions in individual participant
accounts which, after meeting any other requirements, are used
for payouts after retirement in accordance with this Section
and any other applicable laws.
As used in this Section, "defined benefit plan" means the
retirement plan available under this Article to Tier 1 members
who have not made the election authorized under this Section.
(1) Under the defined contribution plan, an active Tier
1 member of this System could elect to cease accruing
benefits in the defined benefit plan under this Article and
begin accruing benefits for future service in the defined
contribution plan. Service credit under the defined
contribution plan may be used for determining retirement
eligibility under the defined benefit plan.
(2) Participants in the defined contribution plan
shall pay employee contributions at the same rate as Tier 1
members in this System who do not participate in the
defined contribution plan.
(3) State contributions shall be paid into the accounts
of all participants in the defined contribution plan at a
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uniform rate, expressed as a percentage of salary and
determined for each year. This rate shall be no higher than
the employer's normal cost for Tier 1 members in the
defined benefit plan for that year, as determined by the
System and expressed as a percentage of salary, and shall
be no lower than 0% of salary. The State shall adjust this
rate annually.
(4) The defined contribution plan shall require 5 years
of participation in the defined contribution plan before
vesting in State contributions. If the participant fails to
vest in them, the State contributions, and the earnings
thereon, shall be forfeited.
(5) The defined contribution plan may provide for
participants in the plan to be eligible for the defined
disability benefits available to other participants under
this Article. If it does, the System shall reduce the
employee contributions credited to the member's defined
contribution plan account by an amount determined by the
System to cover the cost of offering such benefits.
(6) The defined contribution plan shall provide a
variety of options for investments. These options shall
include investments in a fund created by the System and
managed in accordance with legal and fiduciary standards,
as well as investment options otherwise available.
(7) The defined contribution plan shall provide a
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survivors.
(8) To the extent authorized under federal law and as
authorized by the System, the plan shall allow former
participants in the plan to transfer or roll over employee
and vested State contributions, and the earnings thereon,
into other qualified retirement plans.
(9) The System shall reduce the employee contributions
credited to the member's defined contribution plan account
by an amount determined by the System to cover the cost of
offering these benefits and any applicable administrative
fees.
(b) Only persons who are active Tier 1 members of the
System on the effective date of this Section are eligible to
participate in the defined contribution plan. Participation in
the defined contribution plan shall be limited to the first 5%
of eligible persons who elect to participate. The election to
participate in the defined contribution plan is voluntary and
irrevocable.
(c) An eligible Tier 1 employee may irrevocably elect to
participate in the defined contribution plan by filing with the
System a written application to participate that is received by
the System prior to its determination that 5% of eligible
persons have elected to participate in the defined contribution
plan.
When the System first determines that 5% of eligible
persons have elected to participate in the defined contribution
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plan, the System shall provide notice to previously eligible
employees that the plan is no longer available and shall cease
accepting applications to participate.
(d) The System shall make a good faith effort to contact
each active Tier 1 member who is eligible to participate in the
defined contribution plan. The System shall mail information
describing the option to join the defined contribution plan to
each of these employees to his or her last known address on
file with the System. If the employee is not responsive to
other means of contact, it is sufficient for the System to
publish the details of the option on its website.
Upon request for further information describing the
option, the System shall provide employees with information
from the System before exercising the option to join the plan,
including information on the impact to their vested benefits or
non-vested service. The individual consultation shall include
projections of the member's defined benefits at retirement or
earlier termination of service and the value of the member's
account at retirement or earlier termination of service. The
System shall not provide advice or counseling with respect to
whether the employee should exercise the option. The System
shall inform Tier 1 employees who are eligible to participate
in the defined contribution plan that they may also wish to
obtain information and counsel relating to their option from
any other available source, including but not limited to labor
organizations, private counsel, and financial advisors.
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(e) In no event shall the System, its staff, its authorized
representatives, or the Board be liable for any information
given to an employee under this Section. The System may
coordinate with the Illinois Department of Central Management
Services and other retirement systems administering a defined
contribution plan in accordance with this amendatory Act of the
98th General Assembly to provide information concerning the
impact of the option set forth in this Section.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no
person shall begin participating in the defined contribution
plan until it has attained qualified plan status and received
all necessary approvals from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
(g) The System shall report on its progress under this
Section, including the available details of the defined
contribution plan and the System's plans for informing eligible
Tier 1 members about the plan, to the Governor and the General
Assembly on or before January 15, 2015.
(40 ILCS 5/16-206 new)
Sec. 16-206. Defined contribution plan; termination. If
the defined contribution plan is terminated or becomes
inoperative pursuant to law, then each participant in the plan
shall automatically be deemed to have been a contributing Tier
1 member in the System's defined benefit plan during the time
in which he or she participated in the defined contribution
plan, and for that purpose the System shall be entitled to
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accounts.
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Sec. 17-116. Service retirement pension.
(a) Each teacher having 20 years of service upon attainment
of age 55, or who thereafter attains age 55 shall be entitled
to a service retirement pension upon or after attainment of age
55; and each teacher in service on or after July 1, 1971, with
5 or more but less than 20 years of service shall be entitled
to receive a service retirement pension upon or after
attainment of age 62.
(b) The service retirement pension for a teacher who
retires on or after June 25, 1971, at age 60 or over, shall be
calculated as follows:
(1) For creditable service earned before July 1, 1998
that has not been augmented under Section 17-119.1: 1.67%
for each of the first 10 years of service; 1.90% for each
of the next 10 years of service; 2.10% for each year of
service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30; and 2.30% for
each year of service in excess of 30, based upon average
salary as herein defined.
(2) For creditable service earned on or after July 1,
1998 by a member who has at least 30 years of creditable
service on July 1, 1998 and who does not elect to augment
service under Section 17-119.1: 2.3% of average salary for
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(3) For all other creditable service: 2.2% of average
salary for each year of creditable service.
(c) When computing such service retirement pensions, the
following conditions shall apply:
1. Average salary shall consist of the average annual
rate of salary for the 4 consecutive years of validated
service within the last 10 years of service when such
average annual rate was highest. In the determination of
average salary for retirement allowance purposes, for
members who commenced employment after August 31, 1979,
that part of the salary for any year shall be excluded
which exceeds the annual full-time salary rate for the
preceding year by more than 20%. In the case of a member
who commenced employment before August 31, 1979 and who
receives salary during any year after September 1, 1983
which exceeds the annual full time salary rate for the
preceding year by more than 20%, an Employer and other
employers of eligible contributors as defined in Section
17-106 shall pay to the Fund an amount equal to the present
value of the additional service retirement pension
resulting from such excess salary. The present value of the
additional service retirement pension shall be computed by
the Board on the basis of actuarial tables adopted by the
Board. If a member elects to receive a pension from this
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Fund provided by Section 20-121, his salary under the State
Universities Retirement System and the Teachers'
Retirement System of the State of Illinois shall be
considered in determining such average salary. Amounts
paid after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
1991 for unused vacation time earned after that effective
date shall not under any circumstances be included in the
calculation of average salary or the annual rate of salary
for the purposes of this Article.
2. Proportionate credit shall be given for validated
service of less than one year.
3. For retirement at age 60 or over the pension shall
be payable at the full rate.
4. For separation from service below age 60 to a
minimum age of 55, the pension shall be discounted at the
rate of 1/2 of one per cent for each month that the age of
the contributor is less than 60, but a teacher may elect to
defer the effective date of pension in order to eliminate
or reduce this discount. This discount shall not be
applicable to any participant who has at least 34 years of
service or a retirement pension of at least 74.6% of
average salary on the date the retirement annuity begins.
5. No additional pension shall be granted for service
exceeding 45 years. Beginning June 26, 1971 no pension
shall exceed the greater of $1,500 per month or 75% of
average salary as herein defined.
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6. Service retirement pensions shall begin on the
effective date of resignation, retirement, the day
following the close of the payroll period for which service
credit was validated, or the time the person resigning or
retiring attains age 55, or on a date elected by the
teacher, whichever shall be latest.
7. A member who is eligible to receive a retirement
pension of at least 74.6% of average salary and will attain
age 55 on or before December 31 during the year which
commences on July 1 shall be deemed to attain age 55 on the
preceding June 1.
8. A member retiring after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1998 shall receive a pension equal to 75%
of average salary if the member is qualified to receive a
retirement pension equal to at least 74.6% of average
salary under this Article or as proportional annuities
under Article 20 of this Code.
9. In the case of a person who first becomes a
participant on or after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, payments for
unused sick or vacation time shall not be used in the
calculation of average salary.
(Source: P.A. 90-566, eff. 1-2-98; 90-582, eff. 5-27-98.)
(40 ILCS 5/17-134) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-134)
Sec. 17-134. Contributions for leaves of absence; military
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service; computing service. In computing service for pension
purposes the following periods of service shall stand in lieu
of a like number of years of teaching service upon payment
therefor in the manner hereinafter provided: (a) time spent on
a leave of absence granted by the employer; (b) service with
teacher or labor organizations based upon special leaves of
absence therefor granted by an Employer; (c) a maximum of 5
years spent in the military service of the United States, of
which up to 2 years may have been served outside the pension
period; (d) unused sick days at termination of service to a
maximum of 244 days; (e) time lost due to layoff and
curtailment of the school term from June 6 through June 21,
1976; and (f) time spent after June 30, 1982 as a member of the
Board of Education, if required to resign from an
administrative or teaching position in order to qualify as a
member of the Board of Education.
(1) For time spent on or after September 6, 1948 on
sabbatical leaves of absence or sick leaves, for which
salaries are paid, an Employer shall make payroll
deductions at the applicable rates in effect during such
periods.
(2) For time spent on a leave of absence granted by the
employer for which no salaries are paid, teachers desiring
credit therefor shall pay the required contributions at the
rates in effect during such periods as though they were in
teaching service. If an Employer pays salary for vacations
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which occur during a teacher's sick leave or maternity or
paternity leave without salary, vacation pay for which the
teacher would have qualified while in active service shall
be considered part of the teacher's total salary for
pension purposes. No more than 36 months of leave credit
may be allowed any person during the entire term of
service. Sabbatical leave credit shall be limited to the
time the person on leave without salary under an Employer's
rules is allowed to engage in an activity for which he
receives salary or compensation.
(3) For time spent prior to September 6, 1948, on
sabbatical leaves of absence or sick leaves for which
salaries were paid, teachers desiring service credit
therefor shall pay the required contributions at the
maximum applicable rates in effect during such periods.
(4) For service with teacher or labor organizations
authorized by special leaves of absence, for which no
payroll deductions are made by an Employer, teachers
desiring service credit therefor shall contribute to the
Fund upon the basis of the actual salary received from such
organizations at the percentage rates in effect during such
periods for certified positions with such Employer. To the
extent the actual salary exceeds the regular salary, which
shall be defined as the salary rate, as calculated by the
Board, in effect for the teacher's regular position in
teaching service on September 1, 1983 or on the effective
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date of the leave with the organization, whichever is
later, the organization shall pay to the Fund the
employer's normal cost as set by the Board on the
increment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
subdivision (4), teachers are only eligible for credit for
service under this subdivision (4) if the special leave of
absence begins before January 5, 2012 (the effective date
of Public Act 97-651) this amendatory Act of the 97th
General Assembly.
(5) For time spent in the military service, teachers
entitled to and desiring credit therefor shall contribute
the amount required for each year of service or fraction
thereof at the rates in force (a) at the date of
appointment, or (b) on return to teaching service as a
regularly certified teacher, as the case may be; provided
such rates shall not be less than $450 per year of service.
These conditions shall apply unless an Employer elects to
and does pay into the Fund the amount which would have been
due from such person had he been employed as a teacher
during such time. In the case of credit for military
service not during the pension period, the teacher must
also pay to the Fund an amount determined by the Board to
be equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefits
accrued from such service, plus interest thereon at 5% per
year, compounded annually, from the date of appointment to
the date of payment.
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The changes to this Section made by Public Act 87-795
shall apply not only to persons who on or after its
effective date are in service under the Fund, but also to
persons whose status as a teacher terminated prior to that
date, whether or not the person is an annuitant on that
date. In the case of an annuitant who applies for credit
allowable under this Section for a period of military
service that did not immediately follow employment, and who
has made the required contributions for such credit, the
annuity shall be recalculated to include the additional
service credit, with the increase taking effect on the date
the Fund received written notification of the annuitant's
intent to purchase the credit, if payment of all the
required contributions is made within 60 days of such
notice, or else on the first annuity payment date following
the date of payment of the required contributions. In
calculating the automatic annual increase for an annuity
that has been recalculated under this Section, the increase
attributable to the additional service allowable under
this amendatory Act of 1991 shall be included in the
calculation of automatic annual increases accruing after
the effective date of the recalculation.
The total credit for military service shall not exceed
5 years, except that any teacher who on July 1, 1963, had
validated credit for more than 5 years of military service
shall be entitled to the total amount of such credit.
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(6) For persons who first become teachers before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly, a A maximum of 244 unused sick days credited to
his account by an Employer on the date of termination of
employment. Members, upon verification of unused sick
days, may add this service time to total creditable
service.
(7) In all cases where time spent on leave is
creditable and no payroll deductions therefor are made by
an Employer, persons desiring service credit shall make the
required contributions directly to the Fund.
(8) For time lost without pay due to layoff and
curtailment of the school term from June 6 through June 21,
1976, as provided in item (e) of the first paragraph of
this Section, persons who were contributors on the days
immediately preceding such layoff shall receive credit
upon paying to the Fund a contribution based on the rates
of compensation and employee contributions in effect at the
time of such layoff, together with an additional amount
equal to 12.2% of the compensation computed for such period
of layoff, plus interest on the entire amount at 5% per
annum from January 1, 1978 to the date of payment. If such
contribution is paid, salary for pension purposes for any
year in which such a layoff occurred shall include the
compensation recognized for purposes of computing that
contribution.
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(9) For time spent after June 30, 1982, as a
nonsalaried member of the Board of Education, if required
to resign from an administrative or teaching position in
order to qualify as a member of the Board of Education, an
administrator or teacher desiring credit therefor shall
pay the required contributions at the rates and salaries in
effect during such periods as though the member were in
service.
Effective September 1, 1974, the interest charged for
validation of service described in paragraphs (2) through (5)
of this Section shall be compounded annually at a rate of 5%
commencing one year after the termination of the leave or
return to service.
(Source: P.A. 97-651, eff. 1-5-12.)
(40 ILCS 5/20-106) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-106)
Sec. 20-106. Final average salary.
(a) "Final average salary": The average (or other) salary
which is considered by a participating system in determining
the amount of the retirement annuity or survivor's annuity.
(b) Earnings credits under all participating systems shall
be considered by each system in determining final average
salary, but subject to the limitations imposed by this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly for a participant
in a defined contribution plan established under Article 2, 14,
15, or 16 of this Code. In calculating a proportional
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retirement or survivor's annuity based on these earnings
credits, the participating system shall apply any limitations
on earnings for annuity purposes that are imposed by the
Article governing the system.
(Source: P.A. 88-593, eff. 8-22-94.)
(40 ILCS 5/20-121) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-121)
Sec. 20-121. Calculation of proportional retirement
annuities.
(a) Upon retirement of the employee, a proportional
retirement annuity shall be computed by each participating
system in which pension credit has been established on the
basis of pension credits under each system. The computation
shall be in accordance with the formula or method prescribed by
each participating system which is in effect at the date of the
employee's latest withdrawal from service covered by any of the
systems in which he has pension credits which he elects to have
considered under this Article. However, the amount of any
retirement annuity payable under the self-managed plan
established under Section 15-158.2 of this Code or under the
defined contribution plan established under Article 2, 14, 15,
or 16 of this Code depends solely on the value of the
participant's vested account balances and is not subject to any
proportional adjustment under this Section.
(a-5) For persons who participate in a defined contribution
plan established under Article 2, 14, 15, or 16 of this Code to
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whom the provisions of this Article apply, the pension credits
established under the defined contribution plan may be
considered in determining eligibility for or the amount of the
defined benefit retirement annuity that is payable by any other
participating system.
(b) Combined pension credit under all retirement systems
subject to this Article shall be considered in determining
whether the minimum qualification has been met and the formula
or method of computation which shall be applied, except as may
be otherwise provided with respect to vesting in State or
employer contributions in a defined contribution plan. If a
system has a step-rate formula for calculation of the
retirement annuity, pension credits covering previous service
which have been established under another system shall be
considered in determining which range or ranges of the
step-rate formula are to be applicable to the employee.
(c) Interest on pension credit shall continue to accumulate
in accordance with the provisions of the law governing the
retirement system in which the same has been established during
the time an employee is in the service of another employer, on
the assumption such employee, for interest purposes for pension
credit, is continuing in the service covered by such retirement
system.
(Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)
(40 ILCS 5/20-123) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-123)
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Sec. 20-123. Survivor's annuity. The provisions governing
a retirement annuity shall be applicable to a survivor's
annuity. Appropriate credits shall be established for
survivor's annuity purposes in those participating systems
which provide survivor's annuities, according to the same
conditions and subject to the same limitations and restrictions
herein prescribed for a retirement annuity. If a participating
system has no survivor's annuity benefit, or if the survivor's
annuity benefit under that system is waived, pension credit
established in that system shall not be considered in
determining eligibility for or the amount of the survivor's
annuity which may be payable by any other participating system.
For persons who participate in the self-managed plan
established under Section 15-158.2 or the portable benefit
package established under Section 15-136.4, pension credit
established under Article 15 may be considered in determining
eligibility for or the amount of the survivor's annuity that is
payable by any other participating system, but pension credit
established in any other system shall not result in any right
to a survivor's annuity under the Article 15 system.
For persons who participate in a defined contribution plan
established under Article 2, 14, 15, or 16 of this Code to whom
the provisions of this Article apply, the pension credits
established under the defined contribution plan may be
considered in determining eligibility for or the amount of the
defined benefit survivor's annuity that is payable by any other
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participating system, but pension credits established in any
other system shall not result in any right to or increase in
the value of a survivor's annuity under the defined
contribution plan, which depends solely on the options chosen
and the value of the participant's vested account balances and
is not subject to any proportional adjustment under this
Section.
(Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)
(40 ILCS 5/20-124) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-124)
Sec. 20-124. Maximum benefits.
(a) In no event shall the combined retirement or survivors
annuities exceed the highest annuity which would have been
payable by any participating system in which the employee has
pension credits, if all of his pension credits had been
validated in that system.
If the combined annuities should exceed the highest maximum
as determined in accordance with this Section, the respective
annuities shall be reduced proportionately according to the
ratio which the amount of each proportional annuity bears to
the aggregate of all such annuities.
(b) In the case of a participant in the self-managed plan
established under Section 15-158.2 of this Code to whom the
provisions of this Article apply:
(i) For purposes of calculating the combined
retirement annuity and the proportionate reduction, if
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any, in a retirement annuity other than one payable under
the self-managed plan, the amount of the Article 15
retirement annuity shall be deemed to be the highest
annuity to which the annuitant would have been entitled if
he or she had participated in the traditional benefit
package as defined in Section 15-103.1 rather than the
self-managed plan.
(ii) For purposes of calculating the combined
survivor's annuity and the proportionate reduction, if
any, in a survivor's annuity other than one payable under
the self-managed plan, the amount of the Article 15
survivor's annuity shall be deemed to be the highest
survivor's annuity to which the survivor would have been
entitled if the deceased employee had participated in the
traditional benefit package as defined in Section 15-103.1
rather than the self-managed plan.
(iii) Benefits payable under the self-managed plan are
not subject to proportionate reduction under this Section.
(c) In the case of a participant in a defined contribution
plan established under Article 2, 14, 15, or 16 of this Code to
whom the provisions of this Article apply:
(i) For purposes of calculating the combined
retirement annuity and the proportionate reduction, if
any, in a defined benefit retirement annuity, any benefit
payable under the defined contribution plan shall not be
considered.
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(ii) For purposes of calculating the combined
survivor's annuity and the proportionate reduction, if
any, in a defined benefit survivor's annuity, any benefit
payable under the defined contribution plan shall not be
considered.
(iii) Benefits payable under a defined contribution
plan established under Article 2, 14, 15, or 16 of this
Code are not subject to proportionate reduction under this
Section.
(Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)
(40 ILCS 5/20-125) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-125)
Sec. 20-125. Return to employment - suspension of
benefits. If a retired employee returns to employment which is
covered by a system from which he is receiving a proportional
annuity under this Article, his proportional annuity from all
participating systems shall be suspended during the period of
re-employment, except that this suspension does not apply to
any distributions payable under the self-managed plan
established under Section 15-158.2 or under a defined
contribution plan established under Article 2, 14, 15, or 16 of
this Code.
The provisions of the Article under which such employment
would be covered shall govern the determination of whether the
employee has returned to employment, and if applicable the
exemption of temporary employment or employment not exceeding a
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specified duration or frequency, for all participating systems
from which the retired employee is receiving a proportional
annuity under this Article, notwithstanding any contrary
provisions in the other Articles governing such systems.
(Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)
Section 20. The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act
is amended by changing Sections 4 and 17 and by adding Section
10.5 as follows:
(115 ILCS 5/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 1704)
Sec. 4. Employer rights. Employers shall not be required
to bargain over matters of inherent managerial policy, which
shall include such areas of discretion or policy as the
functions of the employer, standards of services, its overall
budget, the organizational structure and selection of new
employees and direction of employees. Employers, however,
shall be required to bargain collectively with regard to policy
matters directly affecting wages, hours and terms and
conditions of employment as well as the impact thereon upon
request by employee representatives, except as provided in
Section 10.5. To preserve the rights of employers and exclusive
representatives which have established collective bargaining
relationships or negotiated collective bargaining agreements
prior to the effective date of this Act, employers shall be
required to bargain collectively with regard to any matter
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concerning wages, hours or conditions of employment about which
they have bargained for and agreed to in a collective
bargaining agreement prior to the effective date of this Act,
except as provided in Section 10.5.
(Source: P.A. 83-1014.)
(115 ILCS 5/10.5 new)
Sec. 10.5. Duty to bargain regarding pension amendments.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, employers
shall not be required to bargain over matters affected by the
changes, the impact of changes, and the implementation of
changes made to Article 14, 15, or 16 of the Illinois Pension
Code, or Article 1 of that Code as it applies to those
Articles, made by this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly, or over any other provision of Article 14, 15, or 16
of the Illinois Pension Code, or of Article 1 of that Code as
it applies to those Articles, which are prohibited subjects of
bargaining; nor shall the changes, the impact of changes, or
the implementation of changes made to Article 14, 15, or 16 of
the Illinois Pension Code, or to Article 1 of that Code as it
applies to those Articles, by this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly or any other provision of Article 14, 15, or
16 of the Illinois Pension Code, or of Article 1 of that Code
as it applies to those Articles, be subject to interest
arbitration or any award issued pursuant to interest
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arbitration. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to
an employment contract or collective bargaining agreement that
is in effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 98th General Assembly. However, any such contract or
agreement that is subsequently modified, amended, or renewed
shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. The
provisions of this Section shall also not apply to the ability
of an employer and employee representative to bargain
collectively with regard to the pick up of employee
contributions pursuant to Section 14-133.1, 15-157.1, or
16-152.1 of the Illinois Pension Code.
(b) Nothing in this Section, however, shall be construed as
otherwise limiting any of the obligations and requirements
applicable to each employer under any of the provisions of this
Act, including, but not limited to, the requirement to bargain
collectively with regard to policy matters directly affecting
wages, hours and terms and conditions of employment as well as
the impact thereon upon request by employee representatives,
except for the matters deemed prohibited subjects of bargaining
under subsection (a) of this Section. Nothing in this Section
shall further be construed as otherwise limiting any of the
rights of employees or employee representatives under the
provisions of this Act, except for matters deemed prohibited
subjects of bargaining under subsection (a) of this Section.
(c) In case of any conflict between this Section and any
other provisions of this Act or any other law, the provisions
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of this Section shall control.
(115 ILCS 5/17) (from Ch. 48, par. 1717)
Sec. 17. Effect on other laws. Except as provided in
Section 10.5, in In case of any conflict between the provisions
of this Act and any other law, executive order or
administrative regulation, the provisions of this Act shall
prevail and control. Except as provided in Section 10.5,
nothing Nothing in this Act shall be construed to replace or
diminish the rights of employees established by Section 36d of
"An Act to create the State Universities Civil Service System",
approved May 11, 1905, as amended or modified.
(Source: P.A. 83-1014.)
Section 95. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
Section 8.37 as follows:
(30 ILCS 805/8.37 new)
Sec. 8.37. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and
8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for
the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory
Act of the 98th General Assembly.
Section 97. Severability and inseverability. The
provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the
Statute on Statutes, except that the changes made to Sections
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20 and 25 of the Budget Stabilization Act and to subsections
(a), (a-1), (a-2), (b), and (d) of Section 2-119.1, subsections
(d), (d-1), and (d-2) of Section 15-136, subsection (a-10) of
Section 16-158, and Sections 2-124, 2-125, 2-126, 2-134, 2-165,
14-114, 14-115, 14-131, 14-132, 14-133, 14-135.08, 14-155,
15-155, 15-156, 15-157, 15-165, 15-200, 16-133.1, 16-136.1,
16-152, 16-158, 16-158.2, 16-205, 20-106, 20-121, 20-123,
20-124, and 20-125 of the Illinois Pension Code are mutually
dependent and inseverable from one another but are severable
from any other provision of this Act.".
Submitted on ________________________, 2013.
Senator Raoul Representative Nekritz
Senator Biss Representative Turner
Senator Holmes Representative Zalewski
Senator Brady Representative Senger
Senator Murphy Representative Tracy
Committee for the Senate Committee for the House
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